Creobroter Male lifespan

[KuroKaze]

Hey again trying to breed creobroter Gemmatus but all 3 of my males reached adulthood past few days females should be somewhat close curious to know how long the males will last or am I SOL since the males already matured.

 

[mantisfan101]

you have at least 2-3 months for males, and about 5 or so for females. Smaller mantids don't tend to last long, sorry, but that's still a lot. I myself am trying to breed these guys...good luck! Please keep us updated on how it goes!

 

[KuroKaze]

Thx good new's one of the females finally got their final moult yesterday morning fed her a BBF earlier this morn i'll try my first breeding attempt the 26th of this month roughly 2 weeks, rest of the females should follow soon, all around the same age so i got plenty of time with my males at least =D Will do a follow up in a couple weeks.

 

[Connor]

Good luck! Keep us posted!

 

[KuroKaze]

Update: Female and Male are currently mating she is 10 days after her final moult and the male is about 15 days. 2 more females to go yet but they still need a few more days before i try with them yet.

 

[Connor]

Update: Female and Male are currently mating she is 10 days after her final moult and the male is about 15 days. 2 more females to go yet but they still need a few more days before i try with them yet.

Sweet! Seems young for breeding a female but I guess she was ready lol ! Good luck with the ooyths!

 

[KuroKaze]

That's what I seriously thought too wasn't expecting her to let him was always trying to ninja a look to make sure they were connected and they were after a few hours he stopped and flew off and noticed sperm dripping a bit that I here is common so all seems well. I figure she wouldn't have let him if she wasn't ready.

 

[Connor]

That's what I seriously thought too wasn't expecting her to let him was always trying to ninja a look to make sure they were connected and they were after a few hours he stopped and flew off and noticed sperm dripping a bit that I here is common so all seems well. I figure she wouldn't have let him if she wasn't ready.

Well thats a good sign if you're seeing the stuff, awesome!

 

[Krissim Klaw]

Yep, it is common for the males of this species to reach adulthood prior to the girls, but you should still have plenty of time to breed them before old age takes your boy. Creo's are easy breeders and their nymphs tend to be very robust so a great species for beginning breeding attempts.

 

[KuroKaze]

Ahh didnt know that Krissim got me worried there i had trouble telling the species apart till they actually became adults. 2nd female is currently mating with my 2nd male so thats 2 success I have one more female left and male the female needs about another day or two she was a bit late moulting compared to the other 2. Hoping i see some ooths in a couple weeks =D

 

[KuroKaze]

Update: All females have been bred just now waiting on some ooths =D.

On a side note, i caught a wild male carolina couple days ago and bred him to one of my carolina females that same day, the female laid her first ooth today so a couple day's later, any possible way "it" could be fertile before i just toss it?

 

[Connor]

Congratulations on the breeding! Good luck with those ooths. I'm not sure about wild mantis ooth, hopefully someone more experienced with breeding can come along and answer.

 

[KuroKaze]

The ooth itself isnt wild the female i raised from a nymph i found in the spring i just didnt end up with any male survivor's but i found a male in the wild and bred him with my captive female, was just curious if its possible for a ooth to be fertile if it was laid 2 days after they mated.

 

[Connor]

The ooth itself isnt wild the female i raised from a nymph i found in the spring i just didnt end up with any male survivor's but i found a male in the wild and bred him with my captive female, was just curious if its possible for a ooth to be fertile if it was laid 2 days after they mated.

Sorry for the mis-wording, by wild ooth I meant the ooth with the wild mantis...

 

[KuroKaze]

Ahhh i gotcha ^^ Connor, Update: Female #1 laid her first ooth sometime this morning while i was asleep woke up to notice her a bit on the slim side sure enough seen a ooth on a twig YAY! First ooth ^^. Hopefully it will hatch =D

 

[Connor]

Congrats! Hope they produce some nice nymphs for ya. Keep us updated please!

 

[KuroKaze]

Thanks, I hope so too, will do!

 

[KuroKaze]

Update! Wasnt much to update till now ooth #2 hatched though of course my females are still going strong and still laying, though one of the 3 females ended up getting ooth bound wish i knew why ; ; been babying her really hate to have to put her down, got so many ooths now though haha few carolina's bunch of gemmatus sadly my fly culture crashed about a week ago was planning on getting more started this week but i think its my medium last few i did started to grow mould anyone got a good medium mixture i could steal? I was using mashed potato flakes and whole oats grinding them in a meat grinder read using cinnamon and baker's yeast for mould control not sure if i just didnt use enough or what.. but walked by a few mins ago seen what i thought was a ant and realized it was my first 2 scouts! yay, gonna be running down to petsmart/petco and buy a bunch of fly vial's to have a bit of food and get some more started but i could really use a good medium or at least a good form of mould control before i remake the culture's so i dont have to worry about any crashes i'll prolly try and order some premade producing culture's off the net as well need to try and get as much stock up as quickly as possible i gotta feeling alot more of these ooth will be hatching soon since a few are within a couple weeks of one another. Thanks for any advice on the medium/mould control!

 

[Connor]

Congratulations man! Sounds like you got some craziness coming your way haha. As far as the mold control goes... I got no clue. Some pictures of the little scouts would be awesome!