Oxypilus sp

[ellroy]

Hi,

Anyone had any experience of keeping Oxypilus sp?

Have seen a couple of photos on google and they look very interesting,

Thanks

Alan

 

[Christian]

Hi.

We have O. distinctus in stock now. This species lives on the ground or in low vegetation and is really small, resembling the closely related Ceratomantis, except that females are wingless.

It should be kept at 30°C by day and 20° by night and fed with fruit flies and Thermobium. No difficulties so far. Let's see what will turn up after a few generations.

Regards,

Christian

 

[ellroy]

Thanks Christian! On the ball as always!

Alan

 

[mrblue]

christian, or anyone who knows... you say the females are wingless, and i have seen a couple of photos of the adult females on terra typica, i was just wondering, how can you tell when the female is adult? will it be obvious when it happens? as far as i can tell, the adult looks pretty much the same, except the abdomen is no longer folded up like with nymphs, but rather extends in the adult way from the body. are there any specific features to look out for?

 

[jarek]

christian, or anyone who knows... you say the females are wingless, and i have seen a couple of photos of the adult females on terra typica, i was just wondering, how can you tell when the female is adult? will it be obvious when it happens? as far as i can tell, the adult looks pretty much the same, except the abdomen is no longer folded up like with nymphs, but rather extends in the adult way from the body. are there any specific features to look out for?

you can tell when you see last segment of abdomen, adult female's segments always look different than before final molting and if the abdomen is not folded.

 

[mrblue]

ok thank you. i think i know what you mean about the last segment in females, when adult it seems somehow more detailed/developed/open, hard to describe.

 

[Christian]

It's easyier by the dots: subadult females have a white dot on each side of the abdomen. Adult ones have an additional smaller black spot behind the white one.

Regards,

Christian

 

[mrblue]

thank you christian. i had a look at my oldest female, and THINK i see the white dot youre talking about. i tried to take some photos so you could see (sorry about the quality, i hope it is enough to be able to tell):

also one more thing, does this male look subadult? he has clear wing buds, but i just wanted to make sure (again sorry about the quality):

thanks.

 

[Christian]

Both are subadult.

Regards,

Christian

 

[mrblue]

thanks a bunch christian.