Stagmomantis carolina Oothecae

[Skiball25]

I had found an ooth a week ago and told my cousin to put it in the fridge while i was at school and of course he put it in the FREEZER when i learned about this (6-7 hours later) i removed it and put it on my shelf to hatch.

I found another ooth in my shed but when i removed it, it had a hole (about 1/6 of an inch) on the flat end of the ooth ,

i ignored this and glued it to my contained.

will these hatch?

 

[Katnapper]

There is still a good chance both may hatch. You'll just have to wait and see. Don't forget to mist them a couple of times a week while you're incubating them. Good luck!

 

[Rick]

Welcome to the forum. Intro forum must be down or something <_< Anyways, yeah it may still hatch. Can you post a pic of the ooth so I can see if it has hatched already?

 

[Skiball25]

Welcome to the forum. Intro forum must be down or something <_< Anyways, yeah it may still hatch. Can you post a pic of the ooth so I can see if it has hatched already?

Sorry Rick, i would take some pics but my camera is down for the time being.

I would've also read the intro but i much rather have my questions answered quickly.

The "hole" is more of a pit, maybe 2mm into the ooth and then it stops.

hope that helps. :lol:

 

[Rick]

Sorry Rick, i would take some pics but my camera is down for the time being.I would've also read the intro but i much rather have my questions answered quickly.

The "hole" is more of a pit, maybe 2mm into the ooth and then it stops.

hope that helps. :lol:

They can get a bit rough while sitting around all winter.

 

[kamakiri]

I'd bet on the first one hatching if it has not done so already. Is the 'zipper' open?

You never know on the one that got bored by a wasp.

 

[hibiscusmile]

Welcome to the forum. Intro forum must be down or something <_< hahahahahahahha, made me laugh out loud this morning Rick, I have been thinking the same thing......... :lol:

The ooth with the hole if fertile and unhatched will hatch, I just did a test for myself on an ooth a mouse ate into, hatched just fine! And the frozen one,,,, haha, did u slap him in the head? Will hatch too, the frozen north, last time I checked still has praying mantis running around and hey Welcome to the forum from OHIO!

 

[Skiball25]

I'd bet on the first one hatching if it has not done so already. Is the 'zipper' open?You never know on the one that got bored by a wasp.

no the zipper is closed, the problem is when i removed it from the shed the flat side was hole...y

 

[Rick]

no the zipper is closed, the problem is when i removed it from the shed the flat side was hole...y

I've seen that before on good ooths of that species. Just wait and see because we can' t really help you without seeing it for ourselves.

 

[Orin]

They're probably fine (unless they hatched last year). I've seen some ootheca wasps and they're generally just a few millimeters long, I don't know if there's such a thing as a single giant wasp coming out of an ootheca.