BABY FOUND HATCHED INDSIDE MOTHER (Must read)

[brancsikia339]

It would be a stretch in my mind to call that a nymph. Looks more like a parasite to me. Of what variety I cannot tell.

You think? She was never exposed to anything and it looks identical to the colors of an L1 Parymenopus

 

[brancsikia339]

And it looked more like a nymph before i pulled it from the egg mass, which stretched it

 

[happy1892]

You think? She was never exposed to anything and it looks identical to the colors of an L1 Parymenopus

It is hard to know that, don't you think? I thought it was clear to you that it was a nymph.

 

[brancsikia339]

I wouldn't think it's a parasite because most parasites also come in maggot form, and this was the exact size and shape of an L1 parymenopus.

 

[happy1892]

I wouldn't think it's a parasite because most parasites also come in maggot form, and this was the exact size and shape of an L1 parymenopus.

Is it obvious that it is a nymph? From what I see in the picture it is just rotten guts. Can you tell me where the nymph is in the picture?

 

[patrickfraser]

Are we positive that those are nymphs? Maybe it's her broken hymenopus? :lol:

I dont see that good, but I dont think it is nymph.

Me neither. Thought I was the only one.

It would be a stretch in my mind to call that a nymph. Looks more like a parasite to me. Of what variety I cannot tell.

Is it obvious that it is a nymph? From what I see in the picture it is just rotten guts. Can you tell me where the nymph is in the picture?

Jury's not looking in your favor. Get better photos of the "nymph", maybe even magnified to show all you say is there.

 

[Bug Trader]

As far as a parasite, doesnt matter if the mantis is exposed to anything, food sources carry parasites.

 

[happy1892]

As far as a parasite, doesnt matter if the mantis id exposed to anything, food sources carry parasites.

Parasites are everywhere I guess.

 

[Bug Trader]

Crickets are known for carrying parasites as are flies. Pretty much everywhere.

 

[brancsikia339]

She never ate crickets and the flies were all bought from mantisplace. Don't u guys see the legs and the dark orange abdomen? It looks like no parasite I've ever seen. It's dried now but it wasn't stretched when I found it. It's dried in the same position

 

[happy1892]

She never ate crickets and the flies were all bought from mantisplace. Don't u guys see the legs and the dark orange abdomen? It looks like no parasite I've ever seen. It's dried now but it wasn't stretched when I found it. It's dried in the same position

I am guessing there are many other ways parasites can get into a mantis. Are there Bug Trader? Like in the air?

 

[brancsikia339]

What kind of parasite infects a mantis that isn't in maggot form???

 

[happy1892]

What kind of parasite infects a mantis that isn't in maggot form???

Maybe bacteria? Maybe they live inside mantids and take the mantis's food?

 

[gripen]

What kind of parasite infects a mantis that isn't in maggot form???

Whose to say the flies did not have parasites before you bought them? Without better pics we must be skeptical.

 

[brancsikia339]

Alright ill try to get some but it's dry now

 

[Precarious]

May be just guts that sort of look like a nymph. I don't see how a fertile ova could remain in her long enough to hatch. I would have to see an obvious nymph to be convinced.

Just my 2 cents...

 

[hibiscusmile]

very hard to say, we just dont know. We cannot see it as you did. but interesting nevertheless!

 

[Rick]

I am not seeing anything that looks like a mantis nymph. If you are talking about the two egg shaped objects on the left I don't see anything that looks like a nymph there either.

 

[brancsikia339]

I'll take a pic of the dried "thing" when I get home from school

 

[aychen222]

Wait wait wait, I'm pretty new to this but how would a parasite get in the egg mass instead of the usual "stomach" area? Excuse my poor vernacular.