Is this "calling" ?

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utterbeastage

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both male and female have been adult for about a month and a half , no ooths laid as of yet , hoping to try and breed them soon if she is actually calling.

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You don't need to see "calling" in order to mate them. THey have both been adult long enough. You can try anytime.

 
You don't need to see "calling" in order to mate them. THey have both been adult long enough. You can try anytime.
yeah I was thinking that , but Ive never been able to identify calling , is that it , or does it look similar to that?

or is she just insanely fat ?

 
She looks like a mantis due to lay an ooth any day now. In the future you may want to try mating after a few weeks of being adult.

 
To me she looks ill, the abdomen is bended too much. I wouldn't wonder she will die very soon maybe.

regards

 
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To me she looks ill, the abdomen is bended too much. I wouldn't wonder she will die very soon maybe.regards
I noticed that , but I hadn't fed her in well over a week , her abdomen just kept getting bigger by itself

 
Did they at least mate first?
I doubt it , there would be less of a chance of him being eaten if he did , he was approaching her slowly but surely for about half an hour before I left them to it but I think she probabyl just turned around and went straight for him , breeding probably would've been difficult with her big fat arse hanging so low anyways :p

 
Did you at least feed her first? If she hadn't eaten in a week there's no wonder she snapped on the poor fellow.

 
Did you at least feed her first? If she hadn't eaten in a week there's no wonder she snapped on the poor fellow.
she had a few of bluebottles on and off but nothing big , the size of the abdomen was worrying me , she still hasn't laid an ooth at all , looks like trouble

 

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