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I'm pretty sure the mystery ootheca is a Lantern bug/Peanut Head bug egg case

Has anyone raised these things?

(I'll edit this and add a few photos tomorrow) Only found two mantids, both Liturgusa spp. and both found on Bastimentos island. This trip was a vacation so I wasn't able to run off and search as often as I had liked. Here are the locations I visited: Fortuna Forest Reserve higher elevation...

Do your enclosures have lots of smooth surfaces (glass, acrylic, etc.)? Also, what height are the terraria?

Better safe than sorry! :wheelchair:

Hi everyone,  I'm looking to get some freshly dead specimens and/or old adults for pinning displays. PM me if you're willing to part with any!

Here's my experience with flower mimics: Hymenopus and Pseudocreobotra on pink flowers with indoor lighting all ended up white. Outside during the summer months on pink flowers in the garden in natural light the majority turned pink-ish the next molt.

My money's on already hatched, typically fertile unhatched Chinese ooths don't have the open slits as yours do

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Welcome

Any luck with it?

So what entomology events has everyone been to? I'd love to go to one.

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Welcome!

Deroplatys desiccata

Hi all! Long time no posts, I've been very busy with school. I'll be taking a trip to Panama this spring, some volunteer work mixed with pleasure (aka mantid hunting!). I plan on hitting up the area around Reserva Forestal De Fortuna, as well as Barro Colorado Island or the Gamboa area. If...

Mantids are typically measured 'crown to rump', meaning legs and antennae are left out. Never seen or heard of one over 11 cm, and haven't heard of anything more than individuals in captivity.

great pics!

Congratulations!! I must say I'm not surprised, your footage is breathtaking and beyond any quality I've seen on National Geographic, BBC, etc. You may be a humble guy but I doubt there's a person on this forum that doubted your skills and eye for the beauty of nature

It's a good thought, but remember that Candida is a major player in the normal flora of the GI tract. In humans, Candida species can be found anywhere from mouth to anus, as well as the vaginal mucosa. For example, if any healthy human gives a sputum culture it will be positive for Candida and...