How long does it take ooths to hatch

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sschind

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I realize that many factors go into like temperature, diapause species etc. but just in general.  Assuming a steady temp of around 80 degrees or so maybe a bit higher how long would it take.  Or how long has it taken for your ooths to hatch under your conditions.  I'm just trying to get an idea.  What was longest it took an ooth to hatch, the shortest and for what species?

Partially because I have several ooths from two female D lobatta  one I know was not mated the other I never witnessed mating but the female and male were together for several days.  The thing is I wasn't really expecting anything and I mixed up the females so I don't know which one was the virgin and which one may have been mated but they both laid 2 ooths.  The ooths look pretty much the same if there is a difference between fertile and non fertile.   

The ooths were laid probably 3-5 months ago.  

 
Hi, if you have 2 and know ones a dud, you could try weighing them. Fertilized/developing ooths should be heavier. If you dont have a scale you can make a ballance.

As for hatching times,  most soecuez have hatched between 6 weeks and 3 mos in my for me:)

 

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