Ground mantids missed hatch

[Orin]

I don't think I've ever done this before. I missed a hatch. I didn't realize they'd be so small, much smaller compared to the ootheca than the various boxers. They hatched in the last week or so after being laid last September.

 

[sinensispsyched]

Do you have any pics of them?

 

[hibiscusmile]

That's the problem, sometimes we miss the hatch and the results with the tiny ones is not pretty!

 

[Mime454]

I didn't even know that you were still keeping mantids, Orin.

Did any survive?

 

[Orin]

I didn't even know that you were still keeping mantids, Orin.

Did any survive?

Why would I ever stop? The strange thing is I have been looking through the side of that container almost every day since September but they were so tiny I could not see them over the fold between the wall and bottom of the container and they can't climb.

 

[MantidLord]

Orin, the same exact thing happened to me when I was keeping ground mantids. Except by dumb luck, I decided to look in one day for some reason and there they were. They are unbelievably small and the fact that they don't climb makes it easy to miss a hatch.

 

[sally]

I have nightmares about things like that...

 

[ladygigi]

Awww, that's so sad. I'm sorry Orin.

I didn't know that there were mantids that couldn't climb. Again, learning something new in here like almost every day. :smarty:

 

[Rick]

What species?

 

[Krissim Klaw]

It took me way longer to figure out what you meant by the title than it should have. I couldn't figure out how mantises could miss their own hatching.

I'm sorry for your loss if by your post I am assuming they passed before you found them.

 

[Orin]

What species?

L. minor

 

[bobericc]

I failed with a group of litaneutria, they refused the mel as hatchlings.. couldn't get springtails in time.

Didn't even cannibalize to survive.

 

[Orin]

Another ootheca is hatching so hopefully a good number hatch and they don't die. To be honest the springtails look a bit big for them.

 

[sally]

Good luck with that hatch then

 

[ScienceGirl]

Awn. Sorry to hear that. Do you have another ootheca that you're expecting a hatch from soon? Something to look forward to?

 

[Orin]

It would seem the new hatches are from the same ootheca (the second one hasn't started hatching yet). The first hatches were just a few in number but I thought the rest had died. Interestingly they all come out one tip of the ootheca like Brunneria.

 

[ismart]

Good luck with the rest. Not sure if spider mites are any smaller then spring tales, but i have used them before for small species with decent results.