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My first female layed her forth ooth yesterday. Thats about every 6 days!

I also mated my second female yesterday, I wasn't sure the male connected until I saw this a few minutes ago...

(Hastily shot photos)

Ejecting the spermatophor

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My flash went off while she was trying to wipe it off on the glass.

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Good luck with the ooths and congrats on the successful matings! Let me know if you have an extra ooth or spare nymphs you'd like to unload. :)

 
Congrats dude. I wish mine would hatch already. They may end up being duds. I was looking forward to them too.
Mine never hatched either. Did your Bleph? At this point I would still incubate them but there is a good chance they won't hatch. I cut mine open and it was completely dried up and brown (dud).

 
Mine never hatched either. Did your Bleph? At this point I would still incubate them but there is a good chance they won't hatch. I cut mine open and it was completely dried up and brown (dud).
My mendica haven't hatched yet either. I talked to niko and he said he's had some really long incubation periods for sybillas. Its been a month since I got them, so if they haven't hatched in a week or two they're duds too.

 
Right before I took my GF to work this morning I finally got to witness an ooth being laid...

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This is #7 from this girl.

Once i got back home I saw what I've really been waiting for!

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Before anyone asks, I was worried I would damage such a tiny ooth if I ripped it off the mesh so I just made a makeshift incubator around them.

:D

 
A couple days ago I mated female #3, as I left for work I saw she started laying her first ooth. I just checked on her and she was just finishing her second ooth!?! I know the first one is a little small, but it still looks like a full ooth.

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:clap: Congrats with all the success you have had with these guys Bri! Those make-shift incubators are a great idea! :D

Cheers,

Andrew

 
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