great surprise...

[D_Hemptress]

THE OOTHS ARE FERTILE. i got home from work today and one of the ooths has hatched. a bunch of little stagmomantis lombatas running around. they are so freakin adorable. ill post pictures in a few. i wanna count them. any guesses on how many?

 

[sally]

i guess 77? soon i may have baby orchids..

 

[brancsikia339]

120?

 

[Paradoxica]

Nice, did you find an ooth or a pregnant female?

 

[agent A]

58

 

[Montana]

96? Congrats! Looking at images and the distribution elsewhere on the internets, it seems to look a lot like the mantids I'd find in New Mexico. The males are especially drawn to lights at night!

 

[Paradoxica]

82

 

[ShieldMantid1997]

69

 

[Montana]

69

Your chances are very good.

 

[D_Hemptress]

so there was 57 including ones that arent going to live or have already died. and there my be more to come but so far that is it.

Nice, did you find an ooth or a pregnant female?

they are Elinors babies. she was preggers when i found her i have three more ooths

 

[D_Hemptress]

58

you were almost right on the money :clap:

 

[D_Hemptress]

ok... now my question is. when are they gonna need to eat? and what?!?! the ff i have are almost as big as they are

 

[RevWillie]

ok... now my question is. when are they gonna need to eat? and what?!?! the ff i have are almost as big as they are

Tomorrow or Weds. Are melanogasters too big for them? Keep them misted in the meantime. Congrats!

 

[D_Hemptress]

Tomorrow or Weds. Are melanogasters too big for them? Keep them misted in the meantime. Congrats!

i just got a culture of hydei, is there much of a difference in size?

 

[hierodula]

hyei are liek 2x the size of melanogasters, so idk if they will take them. I know large hatchlings (deroplatys, hierodula, rhombodera etc) will.

 

[D_Hemptress]

hyei are liek 2x the size of melanogasters, so idk if they will take them. I know large hatchlings (deroplatys, hierodula, rhombodera etc) will.

well hopefully they are able to handle them. ive never had any mantis this young/small before. this is a bigger species of mantid. i was thinking they would be little bit bigger than this so i thought the hydei culture would. hopefully im not mistaken

 

[Montana]

Wouldn't hurt to try! They really are tiny little nymphs, I remember when I had a local ooth hatch in my windowsill where I kept a ton of Nepenthes and other carnivorous plants. One ended up making it all the way to adulthood without me feeding her anything! She was the loveliest shade of peach with yellow (especially under the wings!) and pink. I think the nymphs lived off of the fungus gnats from the soil of my CPs, and the houseflies when they got older.

 

[D_Hemptress]

Wouldn't hurt to try! They really are tiny little nymphs, I remember when I had a local ooth hatch in my windowsill where I kept a ton of Nepenthes and other carnivorous plants. One ended up making it all the way to adulthood without me feeding her anything! She was the loveliest shade of peach with yellow (especially under the wings!) and pink. I think the nymphs lived off of the fungus gnats from the soil of my CPs, and the houseflies when they got older.

thats pretty cool

 

[D_Hemptress]

well hopefully they are able to handle them. ive never had any mantis this young/small before. this is a bigger species of mantid. i was thinking they would be little bit bigger than this so i thought the hydei culture would. hopefully im not mistaken

Wouldn't hurt to try! They really are tiny little nymphs, I remember when I had a local ooth hatch in my windowsill where I kept a ton of Nepenthes and other carnivorous plants. One ended up making it all the way to adulthood without me feeding her anything! She was the loveliest shade of peach with yellow (especially under the wings!) and pink. I think the nymphs lived off of the fungus gnats from the soil of my CPs, and the houseflies when they got older.

so my bf just got home and i opened the enclosure to show him and i saw one of the nymphs wrestleing with the hydei i out it inthere. and it was able to do it. took some work but it was accomplished