Litaneutria minor

[yen_saw]

After more than 7 months incubating. The first ground mantis nymph hatched. The mother was collected during the trip to Tucson, AZ last Summer. The oothecae were left outdoor during the entire winter months.

 

[leviatan]

A beauty ones

 

[Rick]

Very nice Yen.

 

[revmdn]

Neat-o Yen. Do you have any pics of the adults on your site?

 

[Katnapper]

Seven months, huh? :huh: Hehe... good thing all mantid ooths don't take that long! A person could almost forget that they have one of these, lol.

Do they hatch out a few at a time over a long period, instead of burst hatching? Do you know the species? I like the face on it... it appears to come down into a very pointed triangular mouth. Cute! Thanks for sharing pics of the little one!

 

[Frack]

Very nice! I also want to see the adults now...I guess I have to make friends with google lol

 

[yen_saw]

Adult female

I sent her to the museum for the Hug a Bug event and left the adult female there ever since.

This is the only adult male captured in AZ last year

Only one nymph hatches at a time. I suspect the hatching pattern to be some what similar to Yersiniops sophronica species collected in AZ too where only one or two nymphs hatch out every week.

 

[Gurd]

Nice work mate

Very interesting how the hatching stratergy of Yersiniops sophronica and possibly this species is the complete opposite to the majority of mantid species.

 

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Yen he is to cool wow 7 months, so how big is the Ooth and how many do you think you will get from 1 Ooth ?

 

[PhilinYuma]

Great pix, Yen! Were your newly hatched nymphs able to take mels, or did you have to feed them something smaller?

 

[yen_saw]

The L. minor ootheca is about 1 cm long. Probably around 20 eggs could be stored in a single ootheca.

The hatchling is pretty small with small front legs but they are not as timid as Yersiniops spp. as mine chase down D. melanogaster flies.