Mystery ooths from Tunesia - Please HELP identify!

[yen_saw]

Didimocorypha lanceolata

source: http://www.mantisonl...ndex.php?lan=en goto ooth pics , great reference site

Won't completely rule out D. lanceolata too. But nymph look very different.D. lanceolata ooth

If your hatchling has pointed eyes like below Paul, then you have something else, but likely your oothecae are O. dumonti.

 

[patrickfraser]

Either way, you'll have more cool bugs when they hatch. I'm a fan of the D. lanceolata. :tt1:

 

[Precarious]

The ootheca looks like O. dumonti! Here are some pics few years ago.

Wow! Great pics, Yen! Thanks so much for sharing.

I sure hope they hatch. I would be happy with either species.

 

[psyconiko]

Does someone know where D. lanceolata is from?I though it was from India :blush: ....

 

[Precarious]

Does someone know where D. lanceolata is from?I though it was from India :blush: ....

Yes, India.

http://www.panarthropoda.de/sub/haltung/mantiden/familien/didymocoryphalanceolataen.php

 

[psyconiko]

Ah ok.Thank you for clearing that out.Since your ooth is coming from Tunesia it cannot be D. lanceolata.

 

[Precarious]

Ah ok.Thank you for clearing that out.Since your ooth is coming from Tunesia it cannot be D. lanceolata.

Correct. They are Oxyothespis dumonti for sure.

 

[meaganelise9]

Hrmm. So I'm not sure yet, but I think I may have one of the same ooths (though it's not what I ordered). Should be interesting! What have yours been eating?

*edit* assuming yours has hatched, and it may not have yet.

 

[Precarious]

Hrmm. So I'm not sure yet, but I think I may have one of the same ooths (though it's not what I ordered). Should be interesting! What have yours been eating?

*edit* assuming yours has hatched, and it may not have yet.

No hatch yet.

 

[meaganelise9]

Here's my hatched ooth. Is this how small yours is?

 

[Precarious]

Here's my hatched ooth. Is this how small yours is?

You'll have to check against the photos I posted. Ooths are less than half an inch. I have no idea how big your blue tongs are.

So your ooth hatched??? Do the nymphs have pointed eyes?

 

[meaganelise9]

Nope. They look just like the photo of the oxyothespis nymph.

 

[Precarious]

Nope. They look just like the photo of the oxyothespis nymph.

Now you're confusing me. Oxyothespis nymphs have pointy eyes. :huh:

Either way... LUCKY!

 

[meaganelise9]

lol sorry I was on my phone and posted quickly- should have just been specific. I should say, they look exactly like this (as opposed to the second group of photos Yen posted with a different kind of pointy head/eyes). They're pretty interesting. Be ready with some small feeders. They are wee babies. I've only had 11, but it's such a tiny ooth to start.

 

[psyconiko]

Some of my ooths hatched :cowboy: (around 20 nymphs).I will post pictures in a few hours.They are very tiny.

 

[meaganelise9]

Ah, three of us, eh?? We should get a little diary going.

 

[ShieldMantid1997]

Cool, new species added to the hobby? Kind of? Good luck. I hope you guys can succesfully breed these, i would love to get my hands on some. Do you have any pictures of the little babies meaganelise9? Maybe next to a fruit fly( if you have any) for comparison?

EDIT: never mind saw your post about how to feed them and saw the picture. Cute babies you got there.

 

[meaganelise9]

Yeah, my photos have been bad so far. Here are some new ones- perching on excelsior.

 

[gripen]

nice did they eat spring tails or ff in the end?

 

[agent A]

So cute!!