my mantis died this week

[xBurntBytheSunx]

but she left me tons of oothecae, hopefully they will be fertile so there will be tons of little baby mantids running all over the place next spring

 

[Steven]

to bad

did you get that mantis mated ?

 

[xBurntBytheSunx]

my mom found her in the garden so hopefully she mated before i caught her

 

[Wade]

A wild collected mantid that lived until now is pretty impressive! If it had wings when captured, it was an adult, amd was most likley already fertilized.

Wade

 

[Cockroach]

That sucks man. Atleast you got a few oothecae from her. Hope they are fertile.


laters,
Bill

 

[xBurntBytheSunx]

yeah i got her about the second week of october, and she was an adult then, i lost track of how many oothecae she gave me, maybe 7 or 8

 

[cricket54]

You are talking about the foam like egg case they make?
I didn't know matisis created more then one. I
have them in my garden here every year and
get to watch the babies grow.
Sharon