My egyptian mantis has unexpectedly laid an Oothecae....!!!

[chrisboy101]

can african mantids hatch fertile eggs without mating?

 

[Ben.M]

No :roll:

 

[Rob Byatt]

There are obviously going to be diffferent opinions here, but there IS a small chance that the ootheca will hatch.

Myself and a few other long standing breeders have seen it first hand with Miomantis sp. and Sphodromantis viridis.

So don't throw it away yet !

 

[paradoxa]

it would be cool if idolos could produce a sexually

 

[Ben.M]

There are obviously going to be diffferent opinions here, but there IS a small chance that the ootheca will hatch.Myself and a few other long standing breeders have seen it first hand with Miomantis sp. and Sphodromantis viridis.

So don't throw it away yet !

Better keep my viridis's ooth's then, the first 2 are in fertile, but if anything happens in a later ooth then i'll say

 

[scrattyrat]

yes it has eye spots on th front claws, and from research i have done it would appear to be mantis religiosa - european mantis

 

[Asa]

Yay