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Dead Leaf Mantis
Possible that's an ootheca... I can't think of what else it would be.
WHAT THE HECK?
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Ben.M
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I dont think there is any point keeping it, it looks way to distorted and skinny for anything to hatch 
No way that is any good. Throw it out unless you want to keep it for some reason.
Fertility has nothing to do with ooth shape or size.
Looks like skid marks or a zipper without the other half :lol: , That is normal, (not the skid one) for the europeans, mine just laid some like that, then she laid real tiny ones too!
Well she took another shot at laying an ooth. This time completely different in size, shape and color than the one before. Makes me wonder if she was even trying to lay an ooth last time, or if the last one even came from her. It could have been from last seasons mantis and I just never noticed it in the tank before cuz it was stuck to the bottom side of the black plastic rim at the top of the tank. Either way I doubt it is fertile, but who knows. I may have a surprise in a few weeks.
Ben.M
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Looks like 2 ooths stuck together but if its fertile then i recon u will get nymphs from it.
but if its fertile then i recon u will get nymphs from it.This is like two ooths and will likely hatch as long as she was mated. Don't keep that other one, it won't hatch.Well she took another shot at laying an ooth. This time completely different in size, shape and color than the one before. Makes me wonder if she was even trying to lay an ooth last time, or if the last one even came from her. It could have been from last seasons mantis and I just never noticed it in the tank before cuz it was stuck to the bottom side of the black plastic rim at the top of the tank. Either way I doubt it is fertile, but who knows. I may have a surprise in a few weeks.
Xenomantis
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It looks like it will have a fairly good chance of hatching because it's fairly intact. Course, I'm no expert.Well she took another shot at laying an ooth. This time completely different in size, shape and color than the one before. Makes me wonder if she was even trying to lay an ooth last time, or if the last one even came from her. It could have been from last seasons mantis and I just never noticed it in the tank before cuz it was stuck to the bottom side of the black plastic rim at the top of the tank. Either way I doubt it is fertile, but who knows. I may have a surprise in a few weeks.
Good luck, though!
