Bolbe pygmaea

[massaman]

anyone ever try to culture the Bolbe pygmaea mantis?

 

[hibiscusmile]

Not me!

 

[jameslongo]

According to Prete, very small mantids are exceptionally hard to raise as nymphs. An adult Bolbe pygmaea grows to about 1cm (0.4in) in length, so one can only imagine the inconceivable size of a fresh hatchling. The nymphs are very hard to feed since Drosophila are huge in comparison. Aphids & the like are used to feed them but the success rate of this species in captivity is relatively low. For this reason, the world's smallest mantid is not currently in culture.

 

[PhilinYuma]

Looks as though you have your work cut out for you Massaman! How many ooths have you got?

 

[jameslongo]

Looks as though you have your work cut out for you Massaman! How many ooths have you got?

I think it's just a general inquiry, Philster

 

[massaman]

I dont have any but I just wondered if anyone had any as the only mantids I got are 6 adult Gambian Spotted-Eye Flower Mantis ,4 sub adult crebroter gemmatus mantids and 9 Gambian Spotted-Eye Flower Mantis l1 nymphs I believe and 1 religosa ooth and (gasp) 11 gambian ooths the 12 ooths have bout a month to go before they hatch and will have plenty of mantids to play around with! One thing for sure is those gambians are ooth making machines!

 

[PhilinYuma]

I think it's just a general inquiry, Philster

You think?

 

[Morpheus uk]

Fruit flies would probably just about to adults or large nymphs. I cant see problem in raising hatchlings if you have springtail cultures

 

[jameslongo]

Fruit flies would probably just about to adults or large nymphs. I cant see problem in raising hatchlings if you have springtail cultures

Prete said that no-one has successfully raised them to adult in captivity. They must be fussy eaters.

 

[PhilipS]

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[agent A]

people can't we remember the rules of binomial nomenclature? we only capitalize the Genus, not the species, and we italicise the scientific name
Bolbe pygmaea may not necessarily be horrible to culture
look at how small Galinthias amoena are but look how big the hatchlings come out as, they can handle D. hydei
we've also come a LONG way at culturing springtails, moth flies, and other micro inverts. Sciarid fungus gnats don't seem all that hard to culture

 

[Synapze]

can't we remember the rules of binomial nomenclature? we only capitalize the Genus, not the species, and we italicise the scientific name

Unfortunately, italics can't be used on many social media platforms, so I think many people forget to use them when the option is available... including myself.