Incubation Success...

[mantid_mike]

I separated my H. Bipapilla nymphs into 2 containers but it's still hard to get a solid count since they move around quite a bit. I'm guessing there's about 70ish nymphs in this hatch:

The ooth that follows is twice as big as this one but from past experience, you can't really judge an ooth by its size. I'll just have to wait and see. :cowboy:

 

[SilentDeviL]

I separated my H. Bipapilla nymphs into 2 containers but it's still hard to get a solid count since they move around quite a bit. I'm guessing there's about 70ish nymphs in this hatch:

The ooth that follows is twice as big as this one but from past experience, you can't really judge an ooth by its size. I'll just have to wait and see. :cowboy:

Nice mike keep this sp going .... I'm dropping my after I mate them this will be my last gen ... only got 2 male 2 females left ..

 

[mantid_mike]

Nice mike keep this sp going .... I'm dropping my after I mate them this will be my last gen ... only got 2 male 2 females left ..

I'll try my best. When I came home another 10 nymphs or so emerged from the ooth, so I have about 80 now.

 

[mantid_mike]

6-29-13: another Bipapilla ooth hatched. this ooth was about twice the size of the last but beared only about 30 nymphs. These guys move incredibly fast:

7-1-13: I received some Pseudoharpax ooths in the mail from Nico. When I untaped the bottle cap that he packed the ooths in, I discovered that one of the ooths had hatched...and they all survived in that tight space! Must have hatched in my mailbox or something to survive the heat wave that we've been having. It's about 17 or 18 nymphs:

 

[sally]

Glad they made it

 

[wuwu]

any update on your orchids? has she laid an ooth since mating?

 

[mantid_mike]

Glad they made it

haha me too! they were motionless at first so I assumed they were all dead.

 

[mantid_mike]

any update on your orchids? has she laid an ooth since mating?

sensitive subject, i'd rather not talk about it. lol. i think i'm officially done with orchids.

 

[mantid_mike]

7-3-13: Two ooths hatched this morning-- another pseudoharpax viriscens and polyspilota griffinii.

Pseudoharpax Viriscens (only 10 nymphs):

Polyspilota Griffinii (maybe 100 nymphs??...too many to count):

 

[aychen222]

Whoa is that one of Albert's?

 

[SilentDeviL]

Whoa is that one of Albert's?

It sure is .lol .....

 

[mantid_mike]

Whoa is that one of Albert's?

yeah! they wasted no time to hatch out on me. Looks like it's going to be a pain to separate them.

 

[aychen222]

lol must have been that heat wave, still nothing from mine

 

[SilentDeviL]

Congratz haha Every time my Ooth hatch I'm happy lol ..

 

[jamurfjr]

yeah! they wasted no time to hatch out on me. Looks like it's going to be a pain to separate them.

Yes, a major pain. I can relate. Gee thanks, Albert. Lol!