Guess the weight

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0.10g

missed the first round.....

 

[JoeCapricorn]

7.3 metric tons

 

[revmdn]

.43g

 

[yeatzee]

.45

 

[revmdn]

One dollar

 

[kamakiri]

0.38g

 

[batsofchaos]

I'm going to go with my answer from before! .19 g.

 

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[SIZE=14pt]I am thinking 0.50 G as the nymphs dont have much weight.[/SIZE]

Hay Yen what is the wt on a lg nymph L1 vs a small kind of nymph?, can you get there wt's Yen?

 

[yen_saw]

Thanks everyone for putting up your guess. Almost spot on for Basist and kamakiri! Great guess guys.... i will PM you guys soon.

Now the new weight for the empty ooth.

So the difference was 0.64 - 0.2 = 0.44 g. Considering around 100 nymphs hatched, the weight of each larva inside the ootheca is about 0.004g but would probably gets to about 0.005 g after hatching out. The hatchling of this species is about 5 mm. A rather small species. I am sure larger hatchling like D. dessicata would weight double or tripple of that when hatched.

Now i will go and weight oothecae of other species

 

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[SIZE=14pt]wow so cool as always Yen[/SIZE]

 

[batsofchaos]

Woo, just .01 g off for the empty ooth.

 

[yen_saw]

Woo, just .01 g off for the empty ooth.

Yep great guess! your 0.19 g is the closest one!

 

[Katnapper]

What fun, Yen! Thank you for giving us a little contest to entertain and boost our spirits for the New Year. And congratulations to the winners. Interesting finding out about the ooth weight and difference after hatching too!

 

[yen_saw]

Glad you like it Becky.

Thought the scale could come be useful to check if a wild collected ooth been hatched before, although most of the time it is obvious.

It is also interesting to know that mantis grow about 200 times its weight from hatchling to adult, depending on the species and gender.

 

[revmdn]

Very fun. Thanks Yen.

 

[dbcgeno]

I'm late to the party, but thanks for the fun!

 

[agent A]

It is also interesting to know that mantis grow about 200 times its weight from hatchling to adult, depending on the species and gender.

WOW!!! I thought is was only 8 times more!!! Oh wait, that's size. You're probably right about the weight, especially if it is a female.

 

[PhilinYuma]

Glad you like it Becky.Thought the scale could come be useful to check if a wild collected ooth been hatched before, although most of the time it is obvious.

It is also interesting to know that mantis grow about 200 times its weight from hatchling to adult, depending on the species and gender.

Yen: Everyone here loves and admires you! We understand the real reason why you keep a gram scale, but we ain't talking!

 

[ismart]

Yen: Everyone here loves and admires you! We understand the real reason why you keep a gram scale, but we ain't talking!

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[yen_saw]

Yen: Everyone here loves and admires you! We understand the real reason why you keep a gram scale, but we ain't talking!

shhhh

~ in soft voice : psss Phil, let me know if you need the scale for the 'real reason' i will express it over