Will it hatch?

[Mantida]

I got a Sybilla pretiosa off of Eros a couple of weeks ago. Eros said he got it from another guy who just had a bunch of S. pretiosa in a tank and let them do their stuff. So there's a possibility this ooth I have is infertile.

A day ago I tried to cut a little bit open to look at it, but I couldn't. The foam wouldn't cut, it just kept compressing with the pressure I applied to try to cut it.

This is basically what I ended up with.

It looks red where I exposed it.... though I don't think I took all of the foam off, but maybe I did? Any thoughts if it will hatch or not? :huh:

 

[Mantida]

Here is the pic from the top. It doesn't look like I penetrated through, and there are red nubs on the top. It leads me to believe there's an underlying layer of foam also....

 

[hibiscusmile]

[SIZE=12pt]It may hatch, only time will tell. HERE'S a TIP. please do[/SIZE] [SIZE=12pt]NOT cut open your ooths that you know are FRESH. THERE will always be EGGS inside. [/SIZE]The female will lay her eggs in the ootheca regardless of whether or not they are fertile. So when you cut it open, you will see eggs. On a bird there is a way to see if the eggs are fertile, it is called candleing. In candleing you take a wooden box and put a light bulb inside and there is a hole the size of the egg where u put the egg up to the hole (in dark room) and you will see something that looks like a spider if the egg is fertile. This does not work for bugs. There is no way that I know of to see if it is fertile until it either hatches or doesn't . So in conclusion my fellow forum members, just wait and see.

 

[macro junkie]

I dont get somthing can u explain it to me?Below is a pic of an unfertile ooth..u can see egg sacks..what would be difrent if it was fertile?

 

[macro junkie]

[SIZE=12pt]It may hatch, only time will tell. HERE'S a TIP. please do[/SIZE] [SIZE=12pt]NOT cut open your ooths that you know are FRESH. THERE will always be EGGS inside. [/SIZE]The female will lay her eggs in the ootheca regardless of whether or not they are fertile. So when you cut it open, you will see eggs. On a bird there is a way to see if the eggs are fertile, it is called candleing. In candleing you take a wooden box and put a light bulb inside and there is a hole the size of the egg where u put the egg up to the hole (in dark room) and you will see something that looks like a spider if the egg is fertile. This does not work for bugs. There is no way that I know of to see if it is fertile until it either hatches or doesn't . So in conclusion my fellow forum members, just wait and see.

u have just answered my Q to..thanks.

 

[yen_saw]

I had accidentally snapped a fertile spiny flower ooth just a week after it was layed, and i can see tiny black dots in a liquid egg sac, could be the eyes? and also i have cut a chinese ooth where i can see wiggling larvae-like nymph, that is a sign that the ooth will hatch very soon, and the ooth hatched out the next day. But like hibiscusmile said, please do not cut open the ooth, give it more time before you decide to do a "destructive test".

 

[Mantida]

Eros said they were 2 months old before he got them, so that makes this ooth at least 4 months old. I had figured that it was a bit long for an incubation period. When I said 'a few weeks', I didn't mean that it was that recently laid. Sorry for the misconception!

I had done some reading before in the past, a very long time ago, and remember someone posting (I think it was Rick) that they'd cut open an ooth and the inside was black and dry since the eggs shriveled up, so I was wondering if this was the case.

 

[Malnra]

Microwave them .. if they pop . they were fertile ... :lol:

 

[macro junkie]

Microwave them .. if they pop . they were fertile ... :lol:

once u pop - u cant stop.. poppers :lol:

 

[hibiscusmile]

Eros said they were 2 months old before he got them, so that makes this ooth at least 4 months old. I had figured that it was a bit long for an incubation period. When I said 'a few weeks', I didn't mean that it was that recently laid. Sorry for the misconception!I had done some reading before in the past, a very long time ago, and remember someone posting (I think it was Rick) that they'd cut open an ooth and the inside was black and dry since the eggs shriveled up, so I was wondering if this was the case.

I haven't seen it but I have read too, that some ooths take 4 to 6 months to hatch.

 

[hibiscusmile]

Microwave them .. if they pop . they were fertile ... :lol:

once u pop - u cant stop.. poppers :lol:

Hey Yen, kinda looks like the squirrels have not gathered up all the nuts for winter yet :lol: