Finally hatched!

[Mime454]

Took almost 2.5 months, but they finally hatched!

 

[mantid_mike]

Congrats! Are those ghosts?

 

[Mime454]

Congrats! Are those ghosts?

Popa spurca

 

[petoly]

oh wow 2 and a half months! I thought they took around a month. I was about to give up on mine since they haven't hatched yet ant it's been a little over a month. good to know.

 

[Mvalenz]

25 months!?! Wow.

 

[Mime454]

25 months!?! Wow.

That says 2 point 5 months. Not 25.

 

[aNisip]

25 months!?! Wow.

2.5 months...

Congratz man! :clap:

 

[Mime454]

oh wow 2 and a half months! I thought they took around a month. I was about to give up on mine since they haven't hatched yet ant it's been a little over a month. good to know.

I had them at room temperature, so that might have slowed them down a little bit.

 

[ismart]

Nice! Cute little twigs.

 

[Mvalenz]

That says 2 point 5 months. Not 25.

Oh. Sorry. Didn't see the point. 2.5 sounds much better.

 

[Mime454]

Oh. Sorry. Didn't see the point. 2.5 sounds much better.

Someone needs a Retina display.

 

[mantid_mike]

how many nymphs total?

 

[angelofdeathzz]

Nice! yeah I try to hatch most ooths at 78-82 or so, a bit warmer for some species but not much.

And almost all species take longer than a month, 45-60 days would be a closer estimate.

 

[Mime454]

how many nymphs total?

A lot. I'm not going to count them, but about 60.

 

[Mime454]

They just started eating their first meals! Melanogaster flies.

 

[sinensispsyched]

Cool! I couldn't handle my large hatch, so I had to send them all.

 

[Mime454]

Counted them. Got 67 nymphs. Not bad for her 4th ooth(first fertile one). I have one smaller ooth left, and the female is alive, but I don't see she has long and isn't fattening up like she's going to make another one.

 

[angelofdeathzz]

If it helps any most of my fertile mantis lay one last ooth just before they die(day or 2), like they know it's now or never, but the bad news is only half hatch any nymphs.