mantisman 230
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I did do the hardest ooth diapause ever xD, kept it at exactly 50 degrees for three months They all emerged in two weeks
That would be a much better option for one main hatch. The little I can find on the species tends to say one nymph hatching once a week for several months is typical.I did do the hardest ooth diapause ever xD, kept it at exactly 50 degrees for three months They all emerged in two weeks
Thank you. I do take many photos so hopefully at least one is worth sharing.Amazing pix! You totally captured the beauty!
I know, perhaps I should just sit my ooths I've been incubating out loose, as they would likely hatch within days then.WOW! I can't believe you keep having such crazy luck with nymphs hatching and getting loose in your house! SO funny! But at least you found 56 of them, so hopefully all will be good....well, other than the fact that you have your hands full with so many nymphs! LOL
Yeah the "old ooths" for sure lol. So far the only others to hatch was a few more Brunner's nymphs today. I'd assume it is from the warmer temps, as it was reaching 85 F in here from the sun-room/balcony being open. So we closed that and my wife turned on the air conditioner even, but I thought that was a bit much.you should really keep an eye on those ooths more often xD
Thanks.Congrats on the hatches! I recently hatched several Brunner's ooths after inducing artificial diapause (i.e., placing in an airtight contaner, then popping in my refrigerator) for 2 months, then removing and incubating them at room temp for a month. As mantisman 230 mentioned, this will cause most or all of the nymphs in the ooth to hatch in a relatively small time period--in my case, a few nymphs every few days over the course of 2 weeks. Mine were also super skittish to begin with, so I fed them one or two of the smallest wingless melanogasters in my cultures every day for the first week or two of their lives. After they were given that long to grow, though, they became much more fearless and would chase and easily take down mels of any size, even the winged variety.
They are fed both Melanogaster and springtails daily, and misted twice a day as well (I increased the misting a few days ago). Even the ones I witness eating regularly don't make it beyond 17 days. They range from 6 days to 17 days old before they are found dead in the bottom of their cups, or sitting on their stick as if asleep.Sorry, to hear you keep losing nymphs, that really sucks! How often do they eat and drink? At L1, mine ate pretty much every single day (though only 1-3 fruit flies each time) and I sprayed them with a super fine mist twice daily and they always seemed to drink. They have actually turned out to be quite hardy, as I've only lost 2 out of 20-ish nymphs to random deaths--perhaps you just ended up with weaker stock?
I've only kept the species once but I had some odd deaths with them as nymphs also. I had two that were eating fine then after a shedding suddenly stopped being able to properly pass waste and ended up perishing. I only kept three so not sure what sort of overall percentage it was out of the oothecae that had the problem. I had heard they were usually fairly robust so found it strange at the time. Meanwhile the third I kept raised up under the same conditions without issue. Sadly she never produced proper ootheca though. She would start to lay a tiny dab of foam and then just drop out the eggs with no covering.Thanks.
Glad to hear you were able to raise the Brunner's, so far my nymphs seem to all die a few weeks after hatching (even if I witness them eating). As I offer them both springtails and Melanogasters, they seem to like both, I'm at a loss to the issue. They are getting plenty of water/humidity, and the heat ranges from about 73 - 87 F. The search continues.
Thanks, just lots of little ones. I really should post more photos, as some have gotten much bigger lately.Wow Thomas.. Great thread... glad I was able to catch up.. Thanks for sharing
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