Finally!!! My Galepsus. sp ooth hatched!!!

[ABbuggin]

Well after waitng patiently for 12 long months...finally I have Galepsus sp. (Gambain Bark Mantis) offspring!

It took the nymphs I got early this year 11 months to become adults...ironicly the ooth hatched after just 19 days!!! Anyway here are some pics!

this pics is a little blurry...as it was take through the side of the cage

here is a few of the nymphs

here is a nymph...sooooooooo tiny lol

here is the adult female with her 1st ooth

here is the female compared to the now dead male

and finally here is a close up of the female

When I woke up this morning only 12 had hatched...but now I'm up to 29 and still counting

 

[ABbuggin]

Just checked my ooth...up to 31 nymphs now

 

[yen_saw]

Congrate AB!! nice to see this species doing well here. 12-month incubating period!! :blink: looks like they love to hug on to the stick you offered too.

 

[ABbuggin]

Actually, the mantids took 11 months to become adults...incubation was ironically only 19 days :blink: I am actually waiting for my almost 3 week due VERY gravid female to lay anohter ooth...should be anyday now

Yen, they love smooth sticks...they are always running sideways on them in an attemp to hide!! lol

 

[ABbuggin]

Update: I believe the ooth has finally finished haching...total is 37 nymphs...I'd say that's pretty good!

 

[drizzt]

Looks almost identical as one of my Tarachodes species!

Incubation time too... 18-25 days..

Hmm

 

[yen_saw]

WOW only 19 days! cool and the ootheca is almost the same size as the mother :blink: must be the quickest way to lose weight :lol:

 

[brancsikia]

Looks almost identical as one of my Tarachodes species!Incubation time too... 18-25 days..

Hmm

Yes, it looks similar to your Tarachodes sp. because it is Tarachodes sp. (I suppose it is IGM Nr. 42, Tarachodes "slim")

Females of the genus Galepsus do not have these two tubercles/spines on their prothorax/pronotum.

Cheers

Brancsikia

 

[ABbuggin]

Ok guess it is Tarachodes sp. ! lol I was just going by what Yen told me a long time ago

Now I have to fix my signature lol

AB

P.S. Can a mod please change to title to the correct sp.? Thanks!

 

[yen_saw]

AB, if your breeding stock is originally from me, believed Tarachodes sp. is what i told you.

 

[ABbuggin]

My breeding stock is oriinally from you Yen I must of oten something mixed up somewhere lol

Can the L1 Tarachodes sp. eat fruit flies? I will be introducing food tomorrow and the fruit flies look kinda big for these tiny little guys (with even tinier raptorial arms) :lol:

Thanks!

 

[yen_saw]

Ah ok AB, that must have been a while ago. I really thought you have lost them as i haven't heard from you for a while about these Gambian bark mantis.

I pulled out the old album on these mantis and found some pics of them. The hatchling are able to handle small fruit flies no worry. They are greedy bunch too and eat a lot. Believed by the time i sent them to you they are at least 4th or 5th instar. THe ooth took 2-3 days to hatch for me, about a dozen on the first day, follow by dozens of it the next day to a total of around 60 nymphs. All the best with them AB.

Ootheca

Hatchling

L1

5th instar i think?

 

[ABbuggin]

Yen I agree with you I believe that when you sent them to me they were 4th/5th instar.

I love this species...one of my favorites...but they can be really annoying, when you know you have about 40 and you can only find 10 after looking for 20 min. :lol: They are VERY good at hiding (they will flatten teir tiny little bodies on a stick) and the only way to find them all is to mist them...then they come out of hiding (when they hide they are nearly invisiable)

AB

 

[hibiscusmile]

I love their eyes, they got these big eyes and this skinny body, if they hide behind sticks, they can probably see around it without movin! lol :lol: