Praying Mantis Ootheca Egg Case with Hatching Habitat Cup (Two Egg Case) - Stem Education, Comes with a Transparent Habitat Cup, Egg Case Produces Approximately up to 400 Baby Nymphs (T Sinensis)

Hasn't hatched yet, but appears to be healthy.

The eggs never hatched !

I purchased 2 ootheca and separated them into 2 vented containers. Very gently, I hot glued the stems onto slightly larger sticks so they can hang. Everything was packaged well and arrived when expected. The only thing I might suggest is to include instructions on the direction they should be suspended. I may be wrong about this. Ignore me if so. I usually keep 1 or 2 nymphs and release the others in the garden after they grow a bit. Make sure you have fruit flys on hand to feed them. I will check back after they hatch. Edited: well, that didn’t take long. 4 days after receiving them, one of my ootheca hatched out about 200 nymphs. I wasn’t prepared! I had to run to Sedona PetSmart and grab 2 canisters of wingless fruit flies to feed them. I sprayed and fed them the next morning. They ate all of them (big shake of the fruit flies). I had separated the ootheca into 16oz.deli cups with vented lids. Everything was good until the morning of the 3rd day when about 3/4 of my nymphs were dead at the bottom of the container. Same thing with egg number 2 which hatched 3 days after the first batch. Guess I need to read up on them again! Peace!✌️

I purchased this to hatch baby mantises for my yard with fruit trees and other plants so they could grow and eat the bugs. As soon as I saw them in the cup, I put it outside with the lid off in among my plants in shade, and let them go. Hopefully they will grow and make it in my space; since I kept them in the house at 74 degrees to incubate, and it is over 100 in AZ now, the change in environment may be hard on them. Shade helps, and something is getting watered every day, so I am hoping that they can adapt and thrive…

Follow up on reviews saying item was the size of 2 marbles, not the size of a lemon as pictured. After several weeks only one actually had viable eggs which produced no more than 30 babies over a 3 day period which I released 2 times a day around my property so they would not eat each other. The second pod appears to be a complete dud. Nothing emerged from it. Just an FYI to buyers, I did not get anywhere near 200 babies

Was Sent to daughter in Florida. Arrived in just about 3 days. They started hatching exactly a week later. I also bought her a book and acrylic condo (my term). She is absolutely enjoying them in her garden. They are so tiny at this stage. So cute. She sends daily videos. Looking forward to their full size in about 3 mo. They say. Great purchase for your friend with a green thumb.

not great

Got these mantis on March 7, 2025, and they just hatched tonight while I was at work April 1, 2025. They are so cute and awesome. I kept my home at 70-75 degrees and sprayed a couple spurts from a water bottle every 2 days or so when I saw the moisture in the container had dried up. Just ordered fruit flies to feed them and I will release most tomorrow so that I can keep a few for observation as they grow. My 7 year old is so excited. Thank you.