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Hello Friends, I noticed that my mantids fertile ooths are quite smaller than non-fertile ones. Does anybody know if this is a rule in mantids? Louvadeus

Thanks for the tip, Rick! I did a search and really found interesting information. I would just like to add a personal observation: In this genus I am working with (Parastagmatoptera), males make one moult less than females. This means that they became adults at least one month before the first...

Hello friends, In your experience, does inbreeding (brother/sister mating) influence matings and female fecundity? Are Nymphs from inbred pairs weaker than outbred (crosses between mantids from different parents) ones? I would appreciate any report or comment. Thank you.

Hello Friends, I followed both advices and had partial success! I waited one more week and tried the mating with the females upside down, hanging from a branch and with food. One male mounted (out of 4 different couples) but still hasn't connected. What is your usual rate of succesfull matings...

Thanks Ian and Yen, I´ll follow the recomendations and see what happens.

Hello friends, I´ve just registered and I would appreciate some help. I´ve been trying to mate my Parastagmatoptera females, but they are really ferocious towards the males, even when gorged with food. Females are three weeks past the last moult, and males about two months ( in this species...