Orchid mantis breeding

[myzticalboi]

One of my females has been mated, but has not laid an ooth for about three weeks now. Do they have a preference of laying their ooth on a particular material like let's say an orchid plant? Or can they just lay their ooth on the net cage?

 

[patyczak]

I had mated Hymenopus female 3 times and they always died between 2nd and 3rd month after mating and didn't lay any ooths. I fed them only butterflies and fly.

I heard that this species becomes infertile in 2nd or 3rd inbreed generation.

 

[davestreasurechest]

i use a plastic cube ,with aper towels drapped over the sides and sticks of defferent diameters, i raise the humidity very high and muggy then let cool over night if she is ready she will lay, i allways know they are ready when they ignore food and frantically walk about the net cage, if you do not have a plastic cube ,you can allways put a small cool mist sonic humidifier blowing in-directly on the net cage ,with light for heat by day and cool dark at night

 

[davestreasurechest]

oh another thing,...hopefuly she is not eggbound , you can tell if she is eggbound by any of these tell-tale signs,

1.extremely fat

2.faint dark spots on the upper abdomen

3.extremely small or no droppings

( healthy doppings are black and pinkish and are about 3mm in diameter)

Hopefully she isnt eggbound, unfortunetly it happens ,

 

[sporeworld]

I've seen this in other species, and jacking up the humditiy has always seemed to work. Note, I said "seemed", as this is in NO WAY scientific. Just seemed to work for me , and I've heard it reported by others.

 

[hibiscusmile]

orchids take a good 6 weeks to lay after mating or being adult, she still has time.

 

[Rick]

It doesn't matter when she was mated. She will lay an ooth when she is ready regardless of if she was mated or not. If after six weeks she has not made an ooth then you can start to worry. I have had them lay ooths just about everywhere, even on the sides of a net cage.