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Adult female Astyliasula phyllopus with a massive infertile ooth behind her. Color difference between infertile (top) and fertile (bottom). Notice the wonky end on the top infertile ooth. This picture is not entirely accurate because the infertile ooth was relatively fresh and still had its...

Okay. I’m back. Besides witnessing a male connect multiple times, you can sometimes tell if an ooth is fertile by shape and sometimes color. Infertile ooths are sometimes small or misshapen (Not sure if I have any pictures of these ooths, but I will see what I can find). This only works...

Haha. Ya, I didn’t necessarily fire them, but I definitely won’t ask them to look after my mantises ever again 😂

This wasn’t about buying ooths, it was supposed to be posts for breeders wondering if the ooths produced from their females were fertile. I only purchase ooths with guarantees, but that is a valid point. I’ve never had any issues arise from transit. I totally agree with the more developed nymphs...

Older Phyllocrania paradoxa with a small ooth. (I’ll get more information in tomorrow or whenever I get the chance)

If you have bought or had one of you females lay an ooth before, you have probably wondered if the ooth is fertile. While for most species, there is no way for you to 100% guarantee anything just by looking at the ooth, there are a few signs, tips, and tricks to help give you an idea if an ooth...

This is a question I’m sure many breeders and buyers have asked over the years. This is going to be a long post, so bear with me (I’ll make sure to include photos to keep this from being so boring). Hatched ooths of (from Left to Right) Mantis religiosa (WC), Iris oritoria (WC), and...

Okay. I’m going to make a bigger more informative post later on if it is possible to figure out if an ooth is fertile or infertile without risking the life of any of the babies (and other stuff important to that topic). I also can up with a better name for the flashlight thing. Instead of...

😳Omg. Really happy it is not that. Once I have my Ceratomantis ooths, I’ll make a different thread about the same thing with a title that doesn’t worry people before they read the tread.

Thanks! Happy it is appreciated!

Native to Borneo, Malaysia, and Thailand, this small boxer mantis has been on my list of species I want to keep but probably will never get the chance to. Recently, however, I was able to finally get my hands on a pair. Really excited to hopefully breed these and help them become available to...

All 4 of my ooths decided to hatch in shipping, so imagine my surprise when I opened the box to see this: 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

Small Vietnamese boxer mantis. Happy I’m getting the chance to keep these little buggers. I barely have an idea of how these are going to develop, but it is going to be exciting to watch them grow.