Failed ootheca laying and possibly clogged ovipositor

[Pudge Toad]

Both of my mated, female Chinese Mantids laid an ootheca yesterday.  One laid a completely unrecognizable mass on the glass wall of her aquarium. She also has quite a bit of the hardened foam on her abdomen end. Will this egg mass hatch/ will it make it through a simulated diapause (In refrigerator)? The eggs are showing on the outside unlike the normal round egg case for this species. I'm not sure if the foam on the end of her abdomen will cause problems, she somehow encased the left cercus and there is a hardened dark brown substance on her ovipositor. She seems to be able to pass droppings still although they take longer to drop. Despite the choice of sticks I gave her she still decided to lay on the wall which is why I think it failed Should I give her a choice new sticks for future ootheca since she seemed to dislike the current ones?

 

[Krissim Klaw]

Highly, highly unlikely anything will hatch out of the jumbled mass. The eggs that are exposed will dry out and die. Meanwhile any of the eggs covered in foam won't be able to hatch out without properly formed escape slits in the ootheca. A lot of mantises will choose the walls/screening over sticks. Offering more selections when possible is always great though. It is possible if she laid on the glass part of the problem was her footing kept sliding. It might be worth it to add some sort of textured background on one of the walls so if she wants to lay in that position again she has sure footing.

 

[Pudge Toad]

Thank you for the info, she has three legs, which may have been part of the problem, although she was on a stick when she was laying, the ootheca was on the wall. I put my other female in the garden and she laid a perfect case 

 

[CosbyArt]

The egg mass will not lead to any nymphs, sorry to say. Regarding the ooth material stuck on her, if you wet a cotton swab (q-tip) and gently rub it over the material often it can be worked loose. Although, most females will clean it off themselves by nearly folding in half like my first mantis Susanna did in the below photo.