Tempature Variation and Ootheca Progress

[lectricblueyes]

Has it actually been proven whether or not raised temperatures in fact do speed up the process? My apartments sits at about 65-70 degrees Fahrenheit but can drop a bit below 65 at night. (ask my apartment management! lol).

Question: By raising the temp, will the Ootheca hatch faster?

Question: If it has been proven to work, how much faster and at what temperatures? (A chart would be lovely)

 

[Rick]

It will. I would advise against it though. Some people just end up cooking their ooths by trying to warm them up. Chinese ooths don't take long at all to hatch if they have been outdoors. Better get used to the wait if you want to do this.

 

[bassist]

Waiting for oothecae to hatch is the longest thing you will do in this hobby Lol.

 

[lectricblueyes]

My patience is impeccable but it's nice to know I have options for speeding up the process. I have a lot to learn. Thanks guys.

 

[hibiscusmile]

I keep most of mine at room temp, but some do hotter, 72 is good! Once they start hatching, u will be glad for the extra time! You know with them crying babies keeping u up at night!

 

[lectricblueyes]

I keep most of mine at room temp, but some do hotter, 72 is good! Once they start hatching, u will be glad for the extra time! You know with them crying babies keeping u up at night!

lol I love your sense of humor! I'm sure I'll be up 1/2 the night feeding my infants warm bottles of... fruit fly! I'll rock the enclosure in my arms and sing songs about sleeping mantids and how this one male comes along and wakes the mantid up with a antena tickle and then the sleeping mantid awakens and bites his head off. Awww...

 

[PhilinYuma]

Seriously, though, if you want to speed up your ooth's hatching, here are two sure fire methods:

Put the ooth in a "safe place." When you remember where you put it, you will find that it hatched two days ago, and the nymphs are looking very pissed off. That is why I now keep all my ooths by my chair instead of in the bug room, so that I can keep an eye on them.

Place the ooth on a table or computer desk and say that you'll put it in a pot tomorrow:

P: So what do you think?

M: Urrrgh!

######!

P: That bad, huh? LOL!

M: That ooth just hatched!

P: Congratulations!

M: No, it was on my desk.

babies everywhere

BRB....

Wow! In fact, Mija used a perjorative expletive that denotes excrement or feces and rhymes with "spit," but the kindly program turned it into "######!" Now I know why more experienced members refer to "poo!"

 

[Katnapper]

Has it actually been proven whether or not raised temperatures in fact do speed up the process? My apartments sits at about 65-70 degrees Fahrenheit but can drop a bit below 65 at night. (ask my apartment management! lol). Question: By raising the temp, will the Ootheca hatch faster?

Question: If it has been proven to work, how much faster and at what temperatures? (A chart would be lovely)

Speeding up hatch incubation periods with warmer temperatures has been commonly, but informally, observed and reported amongst mantis keepers. But I know of no chart, and can't point you to a formal study with specific temperatures, times, or formulas for either species-specific, or general oothecae hatching results. It's a waiting and informally-educated guessing game. Having patience and being prepared for the event when it happens is about all you can do right now.

 

[Hypoponera]

As Rick pointed out, you can increase the heat to speed up hatching. But you do run the risk of the ooth drying out.

There is no chart/graph. Each species is unique. So some take longer then others even when the temps are constant. But you can speed up hatch time by raising the temp for most species. But try not to go higher then say 85F. And remember to spray/mist with water more often to offset the drying problem.