Ootheca Hatch Time?

[SlowChild]

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i have an S.carolina ooth for about 4 weeks now incubated with plenty of misting everyday and it hasnt hatched yet does this mean its infertile?

i guess i shuodl throw it out now

i cut the other ooth open and some orange gooey stuff came out :lol:

 

[sbugir]

Don't throw it out. At least wait another month. Orange gooey stuff means its fertile. Those were the eggs . If this one is from the same mantis, it's more than likely fertile. Just be patient

 

[ZoeRipper]

Poor baby mantids!

Even I know that it takes ooths 4-24 weeks to hatch, depending on species.

Another no-no:

Don't cut open ooths!

 

[SlowChild]

Don't throw it out. At least wait another month. Orange gooey stuff means its fertile. Those were the eggs . If this one is from the same mantis, it's more than likely fertile. Just be patient

sadly not from same mantid, 2 seperate females :huh:

 

[Matticus]

Just keep going. I have four S. carolina ooths incubating right now, ranging from 2 weeks to 6 weeks, and still no signs, but that's fairly normal.

 

[Rick]

Four weeks? Wait another six and then start to worry.

 

[ismart]

You need to show a little more patience! 4 weeks is nothing when waiting for some species ooths to hatch!