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Mantid Discussions
Breeding & Nymph Care
Carolina female's condition after mating.
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<blockquote data-quote="PhilinYuma" data-source="post: 151705" data-attributes="member: 2509"><p>Well, everyone gets good marks for observation; it's the part of the process that you can't see that has you confused. The male deposits his spermataphore or sperm sac into the female, and, in the case of mantids, it is ruptured (in some insects it is dissolved) and the sperm bearing fluid is released. The sperm find their way to the ovaries and the empty spermataphore and sometimes, some of the fluid, is pushed out. So when you see a sperm sac being "rejected", actually, ejected, you are usually seeing the result of a successful mating. I hope that that cheers you up!</p><p></p><p>Often, if you have a question like this and don't have any books on the subject, you can learn a lot by simply entering the appropriate words in any order in the Google search bar.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PhilinYuma, post: 151705, member: 2509"] Well, everyone gets good marks for observation; it's the part of the process that you can't see that has you confused. The male deposits his spermataphore or sperm sac into the female, and, in the case of mantids, it is ruptured (in some insects it is dissolved) and the sperm bearing fluid is released. The sperm find their way to the ovaries and the empty spermataphore and sometimes, some of the fluid, is pushed out. So when you see a sperm sac being "rejected", actually, ejected, you are usually seeing the result of a successful mating. I hope that that cheers you up! Often, if you have a question like this and don't have any books on the subject, you can learn a lot by simply entering the appropriate words in any order in the Google search bar. [/QUOTE]
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