Gonatista grisea

[brancsikia339]

How does an ooth look infertile?

Torn to pieces, looks rotted and hatched

My daughter once found a Tenodera sinensis ootheca that was partially chewed with some algae or moss growing on one side. The thing was semi transparent... but, it hatched!

That's how mine look, so i guess i'll keep 'em!

 

[Rick]

Torn to pieces, looks rotted and hatched

Well those describe vastly different conditions than infertile. Infertile ooths look just like fertile ooths. What you are describing are old ooths left over from past seasons.

 

[Termite48]

One member, months ago, sent me some wild caught oothecae, that he found in a fence. So mantids apparently like fences of what ever construction as long as it provides a place of attachment and freedom of movement. So a chain link type is perfect.

 

[aNisip]

To get back on topic, my hunt was very successful and managed to find and collect 3 nymphs, one nymph which I thought was L2 (which just molted and now leads me to believe it was an L1) and a male L4(?) and female L4(?), then stopped by a friend's work (thank you so much!) who had previously collected some ( an adult female, and an L4(?) female). So now my total is up to 5 Gonatista grisea and 2 ooths (all wild caught) . Enjoy the pictures! (I only have some uploaded now because imgur isnt working, will add the rest when that is fixed)

 

[aNisip]

Can you spot all 5? ( its not a good photo of their true color, they are all pretty easy to spot)

Thanks for looking!

 

[CoolMantid]

Whoa nice!!!! Please keep us updated. Please put me on the list for nymphs when they breed! Thanks

 

[Danny.]

Lucky ...

 

[Ranitomeya]

Those are some spectacular pieces of carnivorous lichens!

 

[Malakyoma]

I really like them. Very cool looking. Keep us updated with the ooths and such

 

[Rick]

Nice! I've always loved em.

 

[AxolotlsAreCoolToo]

wow great find! is the ootheca fertile and unhatched?

 

[sally]

I found my tenodera sinesis oothe here in northern IL in Nov. In the high dead grasses next to a building. It was in the all day sun section, and the building was like a windbreak

 

[Reptiliatus]

Wonderful! They are exceptionally beautiful specimens!

 

[Mime454]

I'll pay for shipping both ways if you send me one of these ooths instead of a lobata one.

Worth a try, right?

 

[aNisip]

Whoa nice!!!! Please keep us updated. Please put me on the list for nymphs when they breed! Thanks

Those are some spectacular pieces of carnivorous lichens!

I really like them. Very cool looking. Keep us updated with the ooths and such

Nice! I've always loved em.

Lucky ...

Wonderful! They are exceptionally beautiful specimens!

I'll pay for shipping both ways if you send me one of these ooths instead of a lobata one.

Worth a try, right?

we'll see, lolLol thanks everybody and I will keep it updated! and I hope the ooth is fertile and un-hatched. They really are beautiful creatures!

-Andrew

 

[kunturman]

This is a good subject for lab work. Someone out there with an entomology mayor and Gonatista grisea ooths ready to hatch?

Speculation is not a valid science.

 

[gripen]

This is a good subject for lab work. Someone out there with an entomology mayor and Gonatista grisea ooths ready to hatch?

Speculation is not a valid science.

Neither is this forum valid science

 

[aNisip]

Update: The male has molted and one of the females (the L4s) the separate caught, first grisea caught molted and is showing more grey, along with the male...and the adult female has laid another ooth, but I opened up the wild caught/found ooth, and it has already hatched...all 6 are still alive and doing well!

 

[D_Hemptress]

i can find the nymph in all the pictures except this one... i feel like im playing wheres waldo so i have to know?

 

[Mime454]

i can find the nymph in all the pictures except this one... i feel like im playing wheres waldo so i have to know?

It is not in that one.