How many ootheca do chinese mantis lay?

[Bugmankeith]

I found a wild female near death and stick thin.

With hand feeding she ate and put on weight fast and is acting normal, however it's October and in New York days and nights are in 60s 50s and 40s it fluctuates.

Is she done laying ootheca? If I fed her is she able to lay more? I'm torn between letting her go if she is going to lay more, but if she isn't I'll keep her due to the cold weather approaching.

 

[Ranitomeya]

She will lay as many eggs as she has time and nutritients for.

If you keep her well-fed and warm, she should continue laying oothecae as long as she lives. If temperatures are beginning to drop outdoors, she'll have a harder time finding other insects to eat and will die soon outside as the temperatures drop below what is tolerable.