wuwu
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so i lagged on mating my c. humeralis and today my female laid an unfertilized ooth. what a waste. it's been exactly one month since she molted into an adult too.
oopssss
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I know how it feel!! Sometimes you wish they are parthenogenesis!!
What a coincidence! I checked on mine this AM and female #1 was laying an infertile ooth. :x I've tried to breed her 3 times.
I took out female #2 and paired her up with male #2 and got a mating, so I should see an ooth from her sometime this next week.
I took out female #2 and paired her up with male #2 and got a mating, so I should see an ooth from her sometime this next week.
Same thing happend to me with same type of mantis. Got one good mating and never could get another. My male disappeared in my room and I think the cat got him or something. So I have three ooths but none of them have hatched yet.
wuwu
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no!!!!! not again!!!!!
this time it was a female ghost. *sigh* hurts a lot more. she's only been an adult for exactly 3 weeks! why would she lay an ooth so fast??? i was just about to mate her too! i know most people go by the 2 weeks rule but i've also read to wait 3 weeks just to be safe. why!!!!
this time it was a female ghost. *sigh* hurts a lot more. she's only been an adult for exactly 3 weeks! why would she lay an ooth so fast??? i was just about to mate her too! i know most people go by the 2 weeks rule but i've also read to wait 3 weeks just to be safe. why!!!!
No worry John, ghost mantis produces many oothecae (8-16 ootheca) through out her life so you can still have many fertile oothecae if you mate her soon. When well fed, you can get one ghsot ootheca every 10-15 days.
