Hymenopus, coronatus

[Katnapper]

Nice Orchid/snow pics, Andrew!

 

[ABbuggin]

Woot! One laid an ooth last night! Was starting to worry, but its a perfectly normal looking ooth, and of good size! I think it's beautiful, but my mother says its ugly and looks like a worm. :lol: Will post pics soon.

 

[ABbuggin]

Here's the pics.

Now the only thing to do is to wait. For those of you who have bred them, how apprx. long until they hatch?

 

[sbugir]

Congrats!

BTW is that tape? Very meticulous I see

 

[ABbuggin]

Congrats!

BTW is that tape? Very meticulous I see

It is tape. It is fine for bigger mantids, as long as it is applied right. I didn't want to hot glue the paper towel there because it woudl then be permanent. The paper towel helps them get a better grip in there.

 

[sufistic]

That's a good looking ooth. It'll take approx. 30-40 days for a burst hatch.

 

[ABbuggin]

That's a good looking ooth. It'll take approx. 30-40 days for a burst hatch.

Cool, thanks. The other female should be laying soon, she was mated not long after the first female.

 

[sufistic]

Fantastic! Congrats Andrew! Just out of curiosity, how long are your adult females?

 

[hibiscusmile]

haha, it is a worm, kill it Andrew! good luck! :tt2:

 

[ABbuggin]

Fantastic! Congrats Andrew! Just out of curiosity, how long are your adult females?

From tip of head to tip of wings, they are 71mm and 72mm.

 

[Rick]

What are you feeding her? I noticed on my last one her ooth seemed to lack any foam. I know they have little foam in the first place but this one had nothing. In my experience if kept warm enough you could see nymphs in 30 days.

 

[ABbuggin]

What are you feeding her? I noticed on my last one her ooth seemed to lack any foam. I know they have little foam in the first place but this one had nothing. In my experience if kept warm enough you could see nymphs in 30 days.

I've mainly been feeding the pair lobster roaches. But every now and then, they get bluebottles. They only need two adult roaches to get fat vs, dozens of bluebottles. :lol:

 

[sufistic]

From tip of head to tip of wings, they are 71mm and 72mm.

Interesting Andrew. Did you get yours from Rebecca (Katnapper)? I believe yours are the Indonesian bloodline. My Malaysian Orchids measure about 80mm from the tip of the head to the tip of the wings.

Here's a thread from a while back about the difference.

 

[ABbuggin]

I got mine from Becky (Katnapper) in a trade. I'm not sure where she got them from.

BTW, the other female laid an ooth while I was gone for the weekend.