I'm So Happy my First Ootheca just hatch this morning

[SilentDeviL]

I'm new to Mantis world and this is my first Ootheca hatch in my life I'm so happy . when i work up this morning i saw 100+ Chinese babies it woke me up right away lol .... and took me 1hr30min to separate them ... To you guys is nothing special just Chinese Ooth hatching , but to me is special due to is my first Ootheca hatch ever lol ... I only counted 100+ so I put the egg back in empty container hope more will hatch .

here is some pic's

Hope they'll like the new home

some in here

Only 100+ came out so put it back hope more will come .

I put like 5-10 per each container

 

[gripen]

Nice job! I love your sig btw.

 

[Chivalry]

Very special! How long did it take? My Chinese female laid hers about a month ago and a second pretty recently and I'm wondering how long until we need to take care of hundreds of babies

 

[SilentDeviL]

Very special! How long did it take? My Chinese female laid hers about a month ago and a second pretty recently and I'm wondering how long until we need to take care of hundreds of babies

Only 3 weeks after I received the OOtheca . from Sarah

 

[CoolMantid]

I just need mine to hatch! Im incubating a S. Limbata ootheca now.

 

[Psychobunny]

Congrats on your very first hatching

Too bad you missed seeing it, I always miss it too because they tend to hatch early in the morning.

Arent all those little babie mantids cool!!??

Dont forget, wait 2 days before feeding them, and you can start with melano ff's for their first meal.

You will have a great time watching them interact and grow

Know, I bet you want another ooth

You should try to find a sphodromantis (viridis, lineola, blue flash, etc.) because they are so hearty

a species and so easy to care for.

They live longer, and are more interesting then the Chinese.

 

[Mvalenz]

That is so cool!!! I can't wait till I can experience my first ootheca hatch. Congrats.

 

[lancaster1313]

Congrats!

My first hatching was Tenodera sinensis as well.

 

[CoolMantid]

Same here!

 

[lancaster1313]

Very special! How long did it take? My Chinese female laid hers about a month ago and a second pretty recently and I'm wondering how long until we need to take care of hundreds of babies

Yours might hatch in the next two weeks. I think they take about 6 weeks from when they were laid if they are kept warm.Check early in the morning, I caught mine in the act at around 9am.

 

[SilentDeviL]

Congrats on your very first hatching

Too bad you missed seeing it, I always miss it too because they tend to hatch early in the morning.

Arent all those little babie mantids cool!!??

Dont forget, wait 2 days before feeding them, and you can start with melano ff's for their first meal.

You will have a great time watching them interact and grow

Know, I bet you want another ooth

You should try to find a sphodromantis (viridis, lineola, blue flash, etc.) because they are so hearty

a species and so easy to care for.

They live longer, and are more interesting then the Chinese.

lol I do have 2 more type Mantis coming on my way

Hierodula unimaculata Ooths Incubating... 4 weeks counting down..... 1mth is good it'll give me some time to take care of the Chinese to L4-L5 in a Month :devil: then start the Cycle again ... lol I have 11 FF's culture waiting to feed them crazy lol, BTW I tested 1 container I put like 30 FF's In with 10 babies Mantis but they are not eating ..... why ?? Do they really need to wait 2 days before feeding ??

Oxyopsis gracilis Ooths still waiting shipment should arrive with in a weeks time.

 

[hibiscusmile]

yeppers, watch the ooth from 8:30 to 10:30 is usually when mine hatch, and watta ya mean chinese is not special to hatc, even old timers like Phil lol sorry me love it when they hatch, never get tired or unexcited about it. Chinese take 6 wks to hatch if just laid, so count the weeks and u should be within a day or two to seeing it happen.

 

[SilentDeviL]

yeppers, watch the ooth from 8:30 to 10:30 is usually when mine hatch, and watta ya mean chinese is not special to hatc, even old timers like Phil lol sorry me love it when they hatch, never get tired or unexcited about it. Chinese take 6 wks to hatch if just laid, so count the weeks and u should be within a day or two to seeing it happen.

Any Chance More will hatch ?? Only around 100 came out today ... I'm still putting the Ootheca in a 32oz container hoping more will come .

 

[hibiscusmile]

They do continue to come out for a day or so.

 

[lunarstorm]

You have my envy and my congrats! Though I have enjoyed several different species for months, I have yet to experience L1s. I'll remedy that at some point but until then, I'll try not to pout too much.

And 100 sounds like a lot of nymphs to me! I know t. sinensis ooths can hatch far more, just sayin' that anything approaching a hundred bouncing, cannibalistic little nymphs is still a lot of critters to work with.

 

[SilentDeviL]

You have my envy and my congrats! Though I have enjoyed several different species for months, I have yet to experience L1s. I'll remedy that at some point but until then, I'll try not to pout too much.

And 100 sounds like a lot of nymphs to me! I know t. sinensis ooths can hatch far more, just sayin' that anything approaching a hundred bouncing, cannibalistic little nymphs is still a lot of critters to work with.

Ya i know .. I keep like 50 in a large i would place and the reset 5 diffenece place 5-10 each so .. should me oka... plus i have 11 FF's culture going for them soon as they are ready to eat ... plenty of food .

 

[Idolofreak]

Congrats I have some of these myself.

 

[Chivalry]

My sinensis female laid yet ANOTHER ooth (her third in the 6 weeks she's been inside) this morning and I think nearly killed herself in the process... but she drank a ton of water and is now moving around a bit and I think she may (amazingly) pull through yet again. She is a very dedicated layer. Oh my god am I going to have the babies if all of these hatch out... and there are 5 more in the garden that I am aware of.

 

[SilentDeviL]

My sinensis female laid yet ANOTHER ooth (her third in the 6 weeks she's been inside) this morning and I think nearly killed herself in the process... but she drank a ton of water and is now moving around a bit and I think she may (amazingly) pull through yet again. She is a very dedicated layer. Oh my god am I going to have the babies if all of these hatch out... and there are 5 more in the garden that I am aware of.

Ya congrats ..I have 11 FF's culture feeding them is been 4 days i'm still only using my 1 culture lol plus 1/2 off the FF's dies before they get to eat it....so far I have 3 death in 4days so more might die off will see how many is left i still see 100+ living at this point.