Oops!

[Chivalry]

My little M. Paykullii has been busily producing oothecae since becoming adult (2 so far, probably another any day). Didn't have a male so she was not mated. I knew they were parthenogenic so I had the ooths parked in a little tiny portion cup to set up for hatching later.

It's only been a month and yesterday my hubby noticed a dozen little Mio monkeys crawling around the cup! Yikes.... I thought I had at least a few more weeks. Good think I hadn't just left them out on the counter or something!

Man are they tiny. They took down mels that look huge compared to them, though. LOVE this species.

 

[agent A]

lol i love them too

i miss mine

they take verying times to hatch

when i had one it laid several ooths and the 3rd ooth took 8 weeks to hatch while the 4th ooth took 3 weeks at IDENTICAL conditions

 

[Chivalry]

Well I definitely will have some to share.

 

[agent A]

Well I definitely will have some to share.

yay!! :clap:

and since they will be parthenogenic, i dont have to worry abt them gettin it on

if only creos were parthenogenic...

 

[Chivalry]

Seconded. Lost my C. picti male before I got them bred and my poor girl just keeps laying...

 

[Mantiskid]

They are parthenogenic? I thought only Brunneria borealis was!

 

[hibiscusmile]

no, different speices are, just don't know them all.

 

[Chivalry]

They are parthenogenic? I thought only Brunneria borealis was!

They are not exclusively parthenogenic like B. borealis, but can reproduce without a male.

 

[MantidLord]

Do they always reproduce without a male though? Because I know Iris oratoria is parthenogenic but it's not always the case.

 

[yen_saw]

Cool! The new generation will exclusively be female only. Like the mom they are also capable of reproducing asexually.

 

[Mantiskid]

Cool! The new generation will exclusively be female only. Like the mom they are also capable of reproducing asexually.

neat..

P.S. yen I saw your pictures in praying mantids keeping aliens...they are awesome!!