Big ooth problem...No problem!!!

[sk8erkho]

My last thread things seemed rather bleek!! After putting the ooth in the tank with a moist towel and then putting it on the heating pad, this morning it finally hatched!!! Strange but only half the number and I could see with my magnifying glass that there are still yellowish eggs still in various chambers. l I'm wondering if they too will hatch. And then there was this little nymph who was trapped in the membrane so I assisted it out with the dull end of a needle and the tweezers. Cool thing is it is just fine. Thanks to a lot of the things I have read on this forum I am a lot better at this now than back in September!!!

Thanks all!!!

Khori

 

[Rick]

Is this the one you sliced? If so then any eggs near the cut will not hatch. Sometimes mantids die as they hatch. They get "stuck".

 

[robo mantis]

Congrats I told you to give it a try.

 

[sk8erkho]

Yes, it's the one that i sliced and you are probably right. I also saw some black charcoal like little pods in there under magnifying glass as well as the few that did not make it pinkish little worm like dudes. A lesson well learned. Patience.

Khori

 

[robo mantis]

Well you still have some nymphs