Ooth incubation?

[AmandaLynn]

A wild mantis layed her eggs on the bottom of a plant pot last fall. The pot was brought indoors recently, about 2 weeks ago for other planting projects. Can I put the eggs outside again? Has it been to long indoors with warm tempurature?

 

[Serle]

Amanda

A friend sent me 3 Tenodera ooth's  December 10 , I incubated 2 and put the last in a bag and set it in my cold storage.  Of the 2 incubated one hatched Dec. 24 the other Jan. 3  , the ooth in storage is still dormant . I hope to start it soon . My anecdote on hatching I hope it assists you... S 

 

[CosbyArt]

A wild mantis layed her eggs on the bottom of a plant pot last fall. The pot was brought indoors recently, about 2 weeks ago for other planting projects. Can I put the eggs outside again? Has it been to long indoors with warm tempurature?

I would advise against it as they have been incubating for 2 weeks now, especially after the cold diapause they are currently developing.

Returning them to the cold will cause the eggs inside to die, I've tried it before myself. Diapaused ooths, short incubation time, then more diapause (as I had too many incubating), but when I tried to incubate/hatch them afterwards not a single mantis hatched, and that was only after a week to 2 week incubation in between.

 

[AmandaLynn]

So they have been inside for to long. Thanks for answering my question