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Hi everyone, will there be any undesirable side effects if ootheca-siblings mate? Since nature times it such that females mature after the males (and the vast majority of siblings won't live to get their wings anyway), I'm guessing it probably isn't recommended; but what if there aren't any alternatives from other lineages? Has anyone encountered anything clearly detrimental about it?

I'm pretty new to mantids, just want to be sure about this because I might run into this problem.. Thanks for any help!