Allpet Roaches Administrator Staff member Administrator Oct 13, 2014 #21 It sounds like you started with a wild-caught female. In that case the ootheca is likely to be fertile from previous matings.
It sounds like you started with a wild-caught female. In that case the ootheca is likely to be fertile from previous matings.
happy1892 Twelfth Instar Oct 13, 2014 #22 Allpet Roaches said: It sounds like you started with a wild-caught female. In that case the ootheca is likely to be fertile from previous matings. Click to expand... +1@Sticky, there are many hybrids that live (but often infertile) of different types of animals. Check out Mule, Liger and this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_whiptail Last edited by a moderator: Oct 13, 2014
Allpet Roaches said: It sounds like you started with a wild-caught female. In that case the ootheca is likely to be fertile from previous matings. Click to expand... +1@Sticky, there are many hybrids that live (but often infertile) of different types of animals. Check out Mule, Liger and this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_whiptail
RomanBuck Simandoa Oct 13, 2014 #23 She was wild caught but I believe she was a nymph before she got to me. Do mantids eat their shed sometimes?
She was wild caught but I believe she was a nymph before she got to me. Do mantids eat their shed sometimes?
happy1892 Twelfth Instar Oct 13, 2014 #24 RomanBuck said: Do mantids eat their shed sometimes? Click to expand... No, but possibly one or a few species eat their sheds that I do not know about.
RomanBuck said: Do mantids eat their shed sometimes? Click to expand... No, but possibly one or a few species eat their sheds that I do not know about.