MantisMart
Well-known member
Hi. I have some breeding questions.
1. How exactly do pheromones work for female mantids? Do they release pheromones immediately once matured, or only when ready to mate? Is this the reason the male wants to mate? Meaning if she wasn't releasing the scent, he wouldn't want to mate?
2. If every thing is right, the male should mate right? Like there shouldn't be random days where the male or female just doesn't really feel like mating.
3. I have a male and female Chinese mantis, both within the 1 month into maturity mark. The male is currently kept in a different room than the female, they're well fed, i'm doing the tutorial for breeding pinned to this topic. Am I missing any steps here?
Thanks for taking the time.
1. How exactly do pheromones work for female mantids? Do they release pheromones immediately once matured, or only when ready to mate? Is this the reason the male wants to mate? Meaning if she wasn't releasing the scent, he wouldn't want to mate?
2. If every thing is right, the male should mate right? Like there shouldn't be random days where the male or female just doesn't really feel like mating.
3. I have a male and female Chinese mantis, both within the 1 month into maturity mark. The male is currently kept in a different room than the female, they're well fed, i'm doing the tutorial for breeding pinned to this topic. Am I missing any steps here?
Thanks for taking the time.