Deformed ooth
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xenuwantsyou
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Oddly enough, it reminds me of a pork rind.
joossa
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^Yuck! 
OGIGA
Dead Leaf Mantis
What if it really does taste like chicken?
Shelbycsx
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Is that an egg visible in the middle of the ooth (and a few other spots)??
Kinda looks like tempura zucchini to me! Just dip it in some soy sauce and wallah; tempura mantis and veggies.
Kinda looks like tempura zucchini to me! Just dip it in some soy sauce and wallah; tempura mantis and veggies.
Yes those were the exposed eggs, they will not hatch unfortunately.
Well strange enough, my spiny flower mantis also laid an ooth this afternoon. I thought the ooth will be on the darker side of the bark, however, she laid on the brighter side of it, it looks kind of deformed but at the same time looking like a "branch" from a tree trunk. Just wonder if she is doing it to simulate camouflage effect or this ooth is a goner. I can only hope it is fertiled. She was mated a week ago.
The "deformed" ooth hatched out today!! I am a happy man now especially after i failed to breed them for the second generation last year. I was worried this might be another infertile ooth due to the odd shape. I guess she is probably trying to "camouflage" the ooth which look like a twig! Now i wonder if I accidentally bred the wrong species last year when i bought in new blood of adult male to mate with my female :? Anyway, i will have plenty of spiny flower mantis nymphs available again
especially after i failed to breed them for the second generation last year. I was worried this might be another infertile ooth due to the odd shape. I guess she is probably trying to "camouflage" the ooth which look like a twig! Now i wonder if I accidentally bred the wrong species last year when i bought in new blood of adult male to mate with my female :? Anyway, i will have plenty of spiny flower mantis nymphs available again
wuwu
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congrats! hopefully i can mate mine.
OGIGA
Dead Leaf Mantis
Awesome! I didn't think that ooth would have made it either.
Wuwu, if possible watch the mating process because female can be very defensive. If she didn't show aggression towards male or ignore his existance there is a chance you could leave them alone. I had good and bad luck with this species so i hope you can breed them too. All the best!
