Wahlbergii ooth hatch

[patrickfraser]

I received an "insurance" ooth when ordering some nymphs and thought it was "past due". Today, when I went in to spritz, I noticed 1 nymph had hatched.

How does a wahlbergii ooth usually hatch? Is it a burst hatching or a staggered hatching over a few days? I'm hoping staggered and hope to see more soon.

 

[jcal]

Im not sure but i hope you got an explosion! Are they still trickling out?

 

[hibiscusmile]

You should get more, but they usually hatch all at once.

 

[patrickfraser]

Just the lone little one has emerged. It must have been the "chosen" one. I'm leaving it just in case, but not holding my breath.

 

[rs4guy]

I had this happen witha chinese ooth. About 12 hours later the rest emerged. Give it 24 hours, then re-evaluate accordingly.

 

[sporeworld]

Mine have always been within about an hour of each other.

I've suspected that putting an ooth on with hot glue that's still a little TOO hot, could kill the nymphs within (especially with flower mantid ooths that are small and thin).

 

[twolfe]

Patrickfraser, what did your p. wahlbergii ooth look like? Was it similar in color to Creo ooths (if you're familiar with them)? My first female that molted to an adult over a month ago laid an ooth the same day that she mated, and it was a really dark and ugly ooth. I haven't googled to see if I can find any ooth images, but my guess is this one is not fertile.

Oh, I mated her with a different male the other day. She and the male were connected in the missionary position. Precarious said that I should have photographed it. I couldn't believe it when I saw it. Later I found him in the "normal" position.

 

[sporeworld]

I had a few discolored Creo ooths, but there didn't seem to be any correlation between color/shape and fertility, Not sure if it was dietary, either. Since they ate the same things. Be interesting to track.

 

[patrickfraser]

The ooth seemed darker in color than a creo ooth. This is a link to see a few wally ooths.

http://www.mantisonl...22pictures%22;}

Hopefully we'll be getting a lot of these ooths a-poppin' in the future. It's one of my favorites. Who could ever have only one? :lol:

 

[Colorcham427]

their ooths are dark in color, not light brown. keep it in incubation-mode lol.. for a much longer time, you never know! hope more come out for you!