Preying mantis explosion

I have bought many ooths. Every single time they hatch out about a 100 or so. So when i buy, i like to get 3 or more ooths.....This ooth exploded! Pic doesnt show whats gowing on...They are literally pouring out of the casing like a river. Was not expecting this. If all three do this im in trouble!

holy crimany!
thats alot of mantids!

i am buying like 5 ooths soon, i hope they dont do that!

Oh my goodness! I had no idea they had so many! I need to get into more bug breeding

IMHO - you might want to hang the egg cases up, or glue to top of the cups lid. Many of those mantis pictured are going to have a hard time getting their bodies to harden up right.

By hanging the ooth, it allows the mantids to hang from a single tread, and plump up and open before their bodies harden up.

SSimsswiSS said:

IMHO - you might want to hang the egg cases up, or glue to top of the cups lid. Many of those mantis pictured are going to have a hard time getting their bodies to harden up right.

By hanging the ooth, it allows the mantids to hang from a single tread, and plump up and open before their bodies harden up.

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same i do

wow you got a good one!

just got a molt outta my violin mantid today!!

fresh new wings drying up

so once they hatch what? they all stay ina container together u need to seperat them?ive wanted to know about this what do u feed them? how quick do they grow lol anyone just got a mantid care sheet? lol

camimom said:

holy crimany!
thats alot of mantids!

i am buying like 5 ooths soon, i hope they dont do that!

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lol...with that many ooths you better like manits soup..

K9Luvn said:

Oh my goodness! I had no idea they had so many! I need to get into more bug breeding

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You should! We need a bug person here in indiana!

SSimsswiSS said:

IMHO - you might want to hang the egg cases up, or glue to top of the cups lid. Many of those mantis pictured are going to have a hard time getting their bodies to harden up right.

By hanging the ooth, it allows the mantids to hang from a single tread, and plump up and open before their bodies harden up.

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I use to do that after trying different ways. i found it didnt make a difference :/ With this many though..it just may make a difference.

I too want to know how fast they grow, and how to care for them. They are neat animals and would be a good change-up in a chams diet.

whereswaldo said:

so once they hatch what? they all stay ina container together u need to seperat them?ive wanted to know about this what do u feed them? how quick do they grow lol anyone just got a mantid care sheet? lol

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They need decent humidity and lots of long limbs, vines to molt. keep that in mind for a cage. they eat fruit flies at this stage. you dont have to separate at this stage but if you can it would be a great idea to have a few set ups to split this many. it really depends on cage size. I have never bred or raised to adults as they are solely feeders.

sdheli420 said:

fresh new wings drying up

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Very neat!