Earliest mating for a female?

[agent A]

Earliest mating: Second day after last molt (female), male is 3 weeks after last molt.

Species: Gongylus gongylodes

Average hatching rate for ootheca.

lucky! my gongy gal laid 1 infertile ooth and got eggbound and even after mating with the 3rd extra male i got from u never laid fertile ooths for me

but she makes a nice piece in my dried mantis collection

 

[angelofdeathzz]

Well I guess "he" told me, and put me in my place, but I'm not sure why? :wacko: I'm not a entomologist nor did I claim to be one in any way, I just responded to a post, didn't know that was so heavily frowned upon around here, it seemed to be a simple comment? The reason I never tried to mate a fresh female is I didn't want her to get hurt or reject the male and eat him, but Yen has proven it can be done, so yes Orin I spoke in error without knowing, I applied what I thought was logic not science, my bad.

Thanks to everyone that contacted me in support, I truly appreciate it!

 

[yen_saw]

...... The reason I never tried to mate a fresh female is I didn't want her to get hurt or reject the male and eat him, .....

Thanks to everyone that contacted me in support, I truly appreciate it!

I wouldn't recommend mating this early as well for the same reason you mentioned. So i use the violin mantis instead of some aggressive species like Tenodera or Hierodula sp. for the experiment.My guess is as long as the female is willing to accept and store the spermatozoa (for future use) while waiting for the production of eggs, it doesn't really matter when she is inseminated. As we all know female can produce multiple fertile ooth with one pairing.

 

[Orin]

Well I guess "he" told me, and put me in my place, but I'm not sure why? :wacko: I'm not a entomologist nor did I claim to be one in any way, I just responded to a post, didn't know that was so heavily frowned upon around here, it seemed to be a simple comment?

Nobody is trying to "tell" you or put you in your place. The original post simply was a request for personal experiences not unsupported opinions or statements about biology that simply aren't true. You're always welcome to start your own thread but if someone asks a question in a thread you should try to answer the question that was asked not make up answers for questions that weren't asked. You are always more than welcome to start your own thread with your new answer or question. Going way off topic has been a serious problem here lately. This thread was a request for personal experiences.