my pink mantis laid an ooth

[nirotorin]

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Now hopefully some more pink ones hatch out.

 

[hibiscusmile]

what species?

 

[MandellaMandy123]

Cool!

 

[agent A]

deffo limbata

 

[devetaki9]

Omg that would rock

 

[nirotorin]

Yeah it's limbata.

 

[nirotorin]

How many usually hatch out with this species, and how much longer can I expect my female to live?

 

[hibiscusmile]

:taz:mine never hatch so I don't know, but prob around 50

 

[nirotorin]

Cool, so maybe around February?

 

[DinehCaveman]

My last WC limbata lived till the end of Dec. so probably around early to mid Jan. there will definitely be erratic behavior towards the end with this species.

 

[nirotorin]

What kind of erratic behavior?

 

[DinehCaveman]

the only way I can describe it is like a caged lion , moving back and forth, not the normal swaying in the wind, grasping at air, falling over and off perches.

 

[devetaki9]

My elderly T Sinensis is a little more grabby, I think bc his sight is failing a bit and he is a bit edgy and restless.

 

[sally]

My elderly mantids chew a lot. They chew on everything, foam, wood, paper towels.... I hope you get a great hatch

 

[nirotorin]

I see. Guess I better remove the ooth then, in case she decides to gnaw on it.

 

[D_Hemptress]

my first limbata ooth hatched out over 170 over three days

 

[nirotorin]

Oh dear lord!

And I just arrived home to a second ooth. How normal is that?

 

[nirotorin]

 

[D_Hemptress]

i dont know how normal it is but i had near a hundred and more every hatch.... my latest how ever, only one... so you never know