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They also need a reasonable humidity level for the ootheca to even hatch.

According to the official IGM list it is spelt Rhombodera cf. stalii so I would go with that :)

These are a very slow species to breed, I would suggest an in-cage method of putting the male in a good size enclosure, leave him a day to settle then introduce the female infront of him. Try to disturb the male as little as possible and give the female something to eat. They can take their...

They looks absolutely fine :P

They really are strong for their size, my adult females have both taken an adult male Turkistan roach(Blatta lateralis) each :D

When I kept them mine were happy to breed at 75f :P

Graham(and Janice) own http://www.metamorphosis.gb.com , I would highly recommend them too :D

And pleanty of room to hang from with as good a grip as possible :)

They're quite a common species, if you ask in the wanted section you just might find a man for your lady :)

No they are not a parthenogenetic species, if you want to breed her then you'll have to find a male :)

Its possible that the mating was successful but I would try again as an hour may not be enough time :/

HE'S ALIVE :D , he must of escaped from the enclosure(the netting wasn't 100% secure) as I just found him wandering on one of my snake vivariums. Must admit, I was supprised to find no trace of him left in the enclosure, normally a female won't eat the wings so just drop them to the floor...

Yh thats what I was thinking, was with one of them twice too :) Yep I saw him connect and they were together for a good 8 hours.

And my last male is no more :( hopefully he did the job first though.

They're mating as I type :)

Thanks everyone, he mated about 3 days ago so I'll pair him up with my last female tomorrow :) Its not the infertile ooth that i'm worried about, my other adult male didnt live very long and I'm not sure how much longer this guy has got left :/

I've got 4 adult female IGM 222 and 1 adult male. 3 of the females are mated so theres still one to go but my male only mated a few days ago, how long should I leave between matings to ensure that he is fertile??? Thanks, Ben.M :D

Thank you very much for taking the time to write that and for the great advice, I think the maggots are starting to take hold as the surface of the mixture is getting moved about quite well and the jar has quite a large amount of ventilation so hopefully the mold is under control. I haven't seen...

I finally saw some maggots in there :) , however I also found a few mites! :( I've never had mites in one of my cultures before, is it now a lost cause???

I think i'll give it a day or too to show me some maggots(flies went in at the weekend), if I cant see any then i'll make a new culture. I've got an ooth due to hatch from the 19th of this month so i'm kinda worried i'm not gonna have any flies ready for them :/