Help! Ghost mating problem

[kamakiri]

No need for apologies! I do find it rather odd that you just happened to ask this question while i had a pair of ghost mate for the first time today. I cant give you an exact connection lenght. They were connected two hours before i went visit my mom. I came home 3 hours later to find he was already done. So for me it could have been anywhere from 2 to 5 hours of connection time. I just hope she is fertile. From my last batch of ghosts none of the ooths had hatched.

Thanks, Paul! Well, at least it is one data point that supports a successful mating. Liana, my female, is now/today doing some gyrating of sorts with her valves slightly out of the ovipositor/subgenital plate. She also ate two subadult crix today. All good signs I suppose.

 

[Katnapper]

Glad to hear you had a pair mating today, Paul. I've been having kind of a problem with mine too. I've witnessed one mating, but otherwise the pairs seem to be oblivious to each other. I've just chucked them all in one net cage together today to see what happens, if anything.