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i've read on the net that some Mantids (females obviously) lay ready fertilized Ooths. is this true or i it just made up and if it is true which species lay ready fertile Ooths?
A male would have to fertilize the eggs in order to produce males. This is the reason:Hmm, if the females exist in captivity and she lays an ooth that hatches, then you'll get females and males, right?
cant be true. I think this would be a male because it has wings and females don't. Not a grass mantis im sureNo males of the species Brunneria borealis are known to exist in captivity. The ooths that the females lay will hatch without being fertalized by a male. I believe that they can be found in the southern/western US.
I have never seen a male Brunneria Borealis, while it may exist in the wild, the pic in bug guide was taken from Argentina so it might be of another species. The following link also show a brunneria sp from South America which resembles the Northern American stick mantis (B. Borealis)the mantinator Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 7:47 pm Post subject: Jodokohajjio wrote:
No males of the species Brunneria borealis are known to exist in captivity. The ooths that the females lay will hatch without being fertalized by a male. I believe that they can be found in the southern/western US.
cant be true. I think this would be a male because it has wings and females don't. Not a grass mantis im sure
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