Orchid Mantid Ooth

[sutmaejoe]

Thanks for everyone's help, and thanks for the diagram RevWillie. I shall be removing the tape and turning the ooth around. Sure I will get there in the end. How long do you think it will take to hatch? I cant get a answer from anywhere!

 

[lancaster1313]

Make sure your ooth is oriented properly; I think your flat side is the wall-attachment side. I see your ooth like this, others may correct me:

Zipper should face open space.

That looks good to me, as far as the fastening of the ootheca, but "wall" can become "ceiling" if the screen is the top. Either way, the nymphs will make it out, as long as the "out" stays out.

I also agree that tape can be deadly, if there is any chance that nymphs can come into contact with it.

 

[massaman]

just keep the temp in the seventies or eighties and it should hatch in weeks but just make sure the temp dont drop too much!

 

[Termite48]

Bill has it perfectly right. Not only that, the use of logic will tell you that if the mama put it there and the ooth were laid against a surface like a cage wall or lid, that caused one side to be flat. The other surfaces are shaped according to that species style. Almost always this is a convexed shape with a hundred variations on the theme. Do not worry about a zipper, if you always think about where it was originally attached. Also the idea of gravity helps in the thought process of where to place it. Phil,Paul and Bill have it all right according to the books and according to real life.

 

[mantiscraze]

Still, you need to let the seller know that it's not an Orchid Ooth, don't let them get away like that!

Im not surprised as I didn't think it looked like an orchid ooth either. Thanks people! Didn't pay an arm or leg for it. Got it for £20.

What do you guys recommend about hanging it? Should I stick it flat side to the enclosure or stick it to a twig etc.........

Thanks again