chinese ooth hatched!

Sphynx016 · Mar 20, 2016

One of my chinese ooths hatched today ,and the one i least expected to as well !The one on the top

CosbyArt · Mar 20, 2016

Congrats on the hatches.

It appears however you had another hatch than you thought, or it is a photo taken a week or so later. As there appears to be L3, L2, and L1 nymphs all in there.

hibiscusmile · Mar 21, 2016

Maybe its just how the container made it look, I think they are the same.

Tonypace2009 · Mar 21, 2016

hibiscusmile said:
Maybe its just how the container made it look, I think they are the same.

Thats neat a optical illusion the smaller ones are just further away on the other wall of enclosure even though at first they appear to be next to the larger ones on this side of enclosure. The angle of enclosure and angle the picture is taken created this illusion. But at first glance looks to be several different sized mantids.

CosbyArt · Mar 21, 2016

Ha, glad to see I wasn't going crazy after all.

Looks like with a bit of planning someone could use the effect to do some even closer macro photo shots as well.

Hey Sphynx016, I'm curious what size container are you using for your incubation? It looks ideal for the purpose, and being crystal clear adds a nice bonus too. Often I can only find frosted plastic things and that is annoying.