Baby 'Splosion !

[Digger]

I always act like a newbie when an ooth hatches. And I always will.

This morning I awoke to a wild ooth (put in a Kritter Keeper in November to diapause in an outside shed) *cascading* a waterfall of nymphs. Although I never saw Mom, 'am pretty confident these are Tenodera sinensis. Guessing about 150..an active and pretty sizable hatch. I'll get them to L3 or so and release them around the local shrubs.

Here are some candids of the newcomers:

Hey ! This stuff tastes pretty good !

First sunbath

Escape to Petunialand

Papa Carpenter Bee checks out the commotion

 

[Shadow]

Congrats are you keeping any?

 

[Digger]

I haven't made that decision yet Shadow. But I've already set up condos for four that hatched from another (dud) ooth a few days ago. And ran around town to find emergency melanos for this larger hatch. When they're young and they stare at you with those puppy eyes.......