Question Mark Roach eggcase (Therea olegrandjeani)

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Arachnopeon
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Hi everyone. It's my first time taking care of Question Mark roaches and I'd like some help confirming if these are in fact their egg cases. I can't find any pictures off of the internet for comparison.

TIA
 

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Arachnobaron
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They are eggs, but they aren't in an ootheca. Female may have aborted, or, less likely, an ooth was broken/cannibalized. Eyes can be seen on a couple of the embryos so they were fairly far along. Did they go through a particularly stressful situation lately?
 

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Arachnopeon
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Thanks for the responses guys.

I didn't think they looked normal that's why I asked. Oh well, too bad. I'm not sure if it was because I removed all of the dead leaves from their critter keeper. I was afraid of mites as it killed my other female and I was also afraid of the black molds appearing on the dead leaves that's why I removed them until I could find a more suitable replacement.

These are really expensive and hard to get where I'm from that's why I was very concerned about the mites and the moldy leaves.

I hope She mates again and I can get viable egg cases soon.
 
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