Mantis question

[pinkfoot]

I have a free-range mantis, green in colour and very common though I cannot offer you the name, roaming my kitchen. A week or so ago it laid eggs - presumably - in a 1.5" long cocoon-like eggsac.

How long do you reckon before the nymphs appear?

 

[Eclipse]

Since you are in South Africa it's pretty hard to say what species it is, but nymphs usually hatch within 3-4 weeks.

 

[Galapoheros]

Hard to say like eclipse said, but depending on the season, the egg-sac or ootheca may over-winter. I found one last year before it got cold and it hatched about 7 months later. If there's enough warm weather left ..like eclipse said. Is it headed into the cooler season over there?

 

[pinkfoot]

Yeah, we're solidly into Fall right now, and the female has left the eggsac/tube and disappeared. :?

 

[Ice Cold Milk]

Ime, most ooths around these parts hatch in Oct-December... never seen fresh hatched ones this time of year.

Where exactly did the female lay? (just out of curiosity).

-=ICM=-

 

[pinkfoot]

Ha! By that time I will have sold my home and moved on. The new owner is in for a shock!

She laid on the inside of an exterior window frame, and then just scarpered...