You can't save them all. I am assuming these are chinese mantids? Often, many of them will die. Even if you could raise 100+ to adult hood you would have your hands full trying to feed and house large mantids like that. Only time I will seperate an entire ooths worth of nymphs is if it is something in high demand. Otherwise I will keep only what I can manage.
cups?
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ismart
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How many nymphs do you have left? If you have like 20 or so, you should just keep them seperate. All Rick is saying is if you have like 100+ nymphs, you should keep them together untill you have a more managable amount to take care of. Trying to care for each nymph in there own seperate cup, would be a lot of work. Some are going to die reguardless of what you do, so don't take it so personally. I know you probally feel responsible for them hatching early. But keep in mind if that ooth would have hatched in the wild, out of 200 nymphs maybe 10 or less will reach it adulthood anyway. Just do your best, and enjoy!
coolchicka
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I dont know what species they are is there a website that will help me figure that out? The ooth came from northwest ohio.
Does it look similar to these? If so, and if not specified, it's usually Tenodera sinensis (Chinese mantis).
ismart
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From your pic's, i would say chinese mantis, Tenodera sinensis. They are the most common species in the states.
I did not see Katnapper's post. Like she stated, if they look like those ooths than they are deffinetly chinese.
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