Chinese Ooth

[sinensispsyched]

I have a subadult chinese mantis which I hope to mate when it's an adult. I have heard that some mantis species can create fertile ooths without breeding. If I "gutloaded" my girl, would she create a fertile ooth without mating?

Anything else that can be mixed into that process?

 

[Domanating]

I've Googled the Chinese mantis and i didn't find any information about it being a parthenogenetic species. I never had one so i cant be 100% sure. I once had a male from a parthenogenetic species, unfortunately i failed to find a female

 

[Ben.M]

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

 

[sinensispsyched]

Aww, man!

 

[Ben.M]

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

 

[psyconiko]

I've Googled the Chinese mantis and i didn't find any information about it being a parthenogenetic species. I never had one so i cant be 100% sure. I once had a male from a parthenogenetic species, unfortunately i failed to find a female

Nymphs from parthogenesis are ONLY females,it seems impossible to get a male from an unfertilized ooth.

 

[angelofdeathzz]

Nymphs from parthogenesis are ONLY females,it seems impossible to get a male from an unfertilized ooth.

+1 and correct

 

[crucis]

but if there were any males left in that species to fertilise that particular ootheca, then there probably would've been male nymphs... (pls correct me if im wrong)

 

[Domanating]

Nymphs from parthogenesis are ONLY females,it seems impossible to get a male from an unfertilized ooth.

I'm sry if my statement was unclear. I just meant that i caught a male from a parthenogenetic species, nothing more. I know that if no fertilization occurs there will only be females. A copy of their mother.

 

[sinensispsyched]

Then the eggs WOULD be fertile? You see, this mantis is my first mantis to raise from day 1 to its last day. I thought that it might be good to continue its genes, even if there are not any males.

 

[lancaster1313]

I have not seen nymphs from any of my Chinese virgin females' oothecae. The oothecae were not even formed well. I doubt that Tenodera sinensis is a species capable of producing nymphs if they are not mated.

 

[Domanating]

If you believe in miracles then who knows you might get a lot of nymphs when you least expect

 

[rs4guy]

Won't happen, you need a male unfortunately. I have several L3's, so if want more just let me know.

 

[ShieldMantid1997]

even if she were to be parthenogenetic, its always best to have a male. Because i have noticed that a fertile ooth (from a mated female)always creates more nymphs than a ooth created through parthenogenesis. plus after hatch day i notice more random deaths in a partho. ooth. Just my observation, doesn't mean it is always this way in every species.

 

[sinensispsyched]

Thanks for all the replies! I will be looking for a male when my female is mature.