question - once having been mated with, will the female lay fertile eggs for the remainder of her life?

[MantidBro]

once having been mated with, will the female lay fertile eggs for the remainder of her life? or will she lay only one fertile egg until mated with again?

 

[Rick]

One mating is enough to fertilize her for life.

 

[hibiscusmile]

Good thing not so in humans! just saying! :tt2:

 

[Nick Barta]

Good thing not so in humans! just saying! :tt2:

You are one strange duck………….I'm just sayin

 

[OctoberRainne]

It depends on species,some will lay 8-17 ooths and in those cases you'd have to rebreed,after about 6 fertility and numbers are lost in most species when it comes to ooths,so I don't think that is really true,as a female will continue to lay ooths until she is oothbound or nearing the end of life,in larger species you'll get more like 3-6 ooths max and in those one mating may be enough

 

[hibiscusmile]

quack,... quack! u know it Nick! but u know what the kids on the playground say, don't ya? takes one to know one!

 

[Paradoxica]

In my experience this is not always true, species like Sibylla pretiosa (that are incredibly prolific) stop being fertile after the 17th ooth or so, but continued to lay into the 20's.

 

[D_Hemptress]

In my experience this is not always true, species like Sibylla pretiosa and (that are incredibly prolific) stop being fertile after the 17th ooth or so, but continued to lay into the 20's.

ive experienced this with Statillia Nemoralis as well

 

[hibiscusmile]

It is always good if a mantis can be remated awhile after the first time, it helps to get more nymphs from the remaining ooths.

 

[MantidBro]

thanks everyone