Limbata ooth?

[agent A]

i can imagine that lol

 

[CoolMantid]

It was fun. I think he animals. He picked up a giant spider with his bare hands

 

[agent A]

i do a lot of crazy stuff with animals as well

 

[CoolMantid]

Like what?

 

[agent A]

brought my pseudoharpax to school and walked around with her on my face for a while

 

[CoolMantid]

That must be fun!

 

[agent A]

it was

then my Latin teacher got pissed off at me lol

 

[CoolMantid]

My friend brought his toad to school.; The science teacher took it a way and killed it because he forogt to give it any air.

 

[agent A]

wat kinda toad? if my science teacher killed one of my toads i'd put the dead toad in his salad then i'd sue him lol

 

[CoolMantid]

It was a toad he foudn a week in advance. My friend wasnt sad thoguh

 

[GreenOasis]

Okay, guys...verdict is in...I do not believe that this is an S. limbata ooth. Possibly S. carolina or S. californica, but definitely not S. limbata.

Below you can see the differences between the one that Alex sent to me and the Limbatas that my girls laid last year. (One large "first" ooth and a smaller "subsequent" ooth.)

The ooth that was sent me is not the right color or shape. It is not nearly round enough to be a Limbata. The fact that the "zipper" is already open worries me.

Alex, you said that you had been keeping it "cool" before shipping it, and it IS normal for those "fins" to open up as they are incubating & getting misted, but...it seems a bit early for them to be THAT open...it usually looks like this right before hatching, not a month or so earlier. And I looked at it under a 10x loupe with a flashlight & saw actual openings (into the ooth) in the fins (indicating nymphs have already emerged.) I will continue to incubate as if it is fertile & such, but as of right now, it doesn't look very promising. :no:

If nymphs do emerge, I will keep you guys updated.

 

[CoolMantid]

Carey. I saw the mantis laying that ooth in Early November. So they have not hatched yet.

I did some more information. S. Carolina also have yellow hindwings. So it might be S. Carolina.

It is definetly not S. Californica or S. Limbata.

No that means that yours (Agent A) Is most likely S. Californica.

Carey and Agent A I feel really bad about messing up your order.

I will PM you with some discounts for my website.

 

[agent A]

My californica ooths fins flaked upward during diapause so dont worry Carey

We r reasonable peeps who can help each other out if need be (hey, I'd I get a good mated female I can send u many ooths)

Mishaps happen even with the best peeps, don't feel bad

 

[happy1892]

It looks very different from the two Stagmomantis carolina oothecae I have now. That ootheca looks strange.

 

[happy1892]

Maybe the picture makes it look different.

 

[CoolMantid]

I am very curious what its is. (It can only be a Stagmomantis species) Casue of the adult female that I saw. Uggh why do they have to be so identical

Maybe you could sell it as an unknown species on your website. kinda stupid though

 

[happy1892]

Here are two pictures of one of my Stagmomantis carolina oothecae, Link, Link.

 

[CoolMantid]

I dont know what it is then?