Wild-caught female, already mated?

[PhilinYuma]

Let us know, if she lays an ooth, if it was fertile or not. It is possible, of course, that she has already laid all of the ooths that the Great Mantis Goddess (BbHN) allowed her.Have you tried checking around your mom's preschool?

 

[Pet Duck Boy]

Let us know, if she lays an ooth, if it was fertile or not. It is possible, of course, that she has already laid all of the ooths that the Great Mantis Goddess (BbHN) allowed her.Have you tried checking around your mom's preschool?

Sure have, it was just a one time thing - her kids found it anyways.

 

[Pet Duck Boy]

Update - she should lay an ooth soon, whether fertile or not. Her abdomen has to be 1/2 an inch in width, when looked at from the side, pretty fat for a 2 inch mantis. She also hasn't eaten for a week. Would this species need diapause for their ooths?

 

[PhilinYuma]

Update - she should lay an ooth soon, whether fertile or not. Her abdomen has to be 1/2 an inch in width, when looked at from the side, pretty fat for a 2 inch mantis. She also hasn't eaten for a week. Would this species need diapause for their ooths?

No.