Egyptians hatch all at once or over time?

[cloud jaguar]

Very excited to have 3 parthenogenic hatchlings from my wife's virgin Miomantis Paykulii - however, they are from a big ooth and hatched out yesterday - so far no more activity. Any chance they are still in there waiting to hatch out over time or probably all toast since we did not water ooth much ?

 

[hibiscusmile]

They could still come out over a few days, but I would not count on it.

 

[Rick]

All at once in my experience. I had a huge colony of these in a greenhouse and they bred like wild.

 

[beckyl92]

how big are the hatchlings?

i getting a pregnant female on tuesday

 

[Rick]

how big are the hatchlings?i getting a pregnant female on tuesday

Pretty dang small.

 

[beckyl92]

wow haha

:lol:

and isn't their ooth like 1cm?

also how big are adults?

 

[Rick]

wow haha :lol:

and isn't their ooth like 1cm?

also how big are adults?

No, it s bigger than that, about two or three cm's. The adults are a couple inches or so.

 

[beckyl92]

oh i thought that adults were 3.5cm.

i dunno why i thought that

 

[Rick]

oh i thought that adults were 3.5cm.i dunno why i thought that

That's about right. They are a small species.

 

[beckyl92]

they're pretty cute

i can't wait to get mine. is it true they can lay up to 15 ooths?

 

[Rick]

they're pretty cute i can't wait to get mine. is it true they can lay up to 15 ooths?

Oh yeah. They breed like rabbits. I had a whole bunch of them in a greenhouse and there were ooths everywhere. Most of the nymphs were eventually eaten by the adults but some survived.