Phyllovates Chlorophaea

[Asa]

That's a lot of ooths. I only have 5 right now .

 

[yen_saw]

Man you always have a better success rate than me

if the ootheca is fertile and you incubate it correctly, you will almost certain to get a hatch out. Luck plays a small role in hatching ootheca.

Asa, depending on what species of ootheca you have, five chinese mantis ooth hatch-out can easily outnumber all the mantis i have. :wink:

 

[robo mantis]

how about 60 chinese eggs (which i hatched out this year to populate my neiborhood).

 

[Asa]

Man you always have a better success rate than me

if the ootheca is fertile and you incubate it correctly, you will almost certain to get a hatch out. Luck plays a small role in hatching ootheca.

Asa, depending on what species of ootheca you have, five chinese mantis ooth hatch-out can easily outnumber all the mantis i have. :wink:

I have rarer ooths than the chinese, that don't hatch out as much.

robo mantis, how did you get your hands on 60 chinese ooths?!

 

[robo mantis]

Well i have like 50 kids from church that like mantids and know i'm the mantis guy so they give me a whole bunch. Also i bought 50 off ebay then add them with the layed ooths that makes about 60 somthing.

 

[Asa]

Wish I were you.

 

[robo mantis]

You should try buying a few mantis eggs next year to populate.

 

[Asa]

But how many are able to live outside? And how long would that last?

 

[robo mantis]

But how many are able to live outside? And how long would that last?

What you mean i have at least 30 mantids around my house.

 

[hibiscusmile]

Asa, the Chinese, European and the Carolinas live outside all summer, lay in the fall and overwinter until spring, they would do fine where you are.

 

[Asa]

I guess. It just seems weird, because I hardly ever see mantids around here.

 

[spawn]

Birds get 'em...picked off when not moving or in grass too short for them. I experience the same thing around here. But if I look in the right places I can find plenty of them.

 

[specy]

Great job Yen! So the 'Texas unicorn' is finally in culture now! Hopefully in a few years time they will be as accessible as the h. coronatus then? You may even release some back to the wild to pump up the natural population since they are native to Texas?

 

[yen_saw]

Thanks Specy. Lets hope it will be more readily available in the US now, if not the world. It is a wonderful species, nicest native species i have kept so far, not including the Arizona unicorn or Yucatan mantis which i haven't had a chance to even see a live one. I will let the nymphs go as soon as they reached L2. hmmm... now should i keep them for another generation?

Releasing them in the wild here is not a good idea. THey are only been seen along southern Texas bordering Mexico area.

 

[RodG]

Hmmmm...if you keep them around another generation perhaps they will

be more plentiful in the hobby

 

[yen_saw]

Hopefully they will be as readily available as orchid mantis soon.

 

[robo mantis]

Don't worry you will start another trend yen lol

 

[yen_saw]

Yeah Robo, i hope the hatching rate is good, so far it has been around 50-60 nymphs from each oothecae although they were inbred for this generation. the hatching rate from the wild caught female was around 40-45 nymphs (can't remember the exact number!).

Yesterday, one of the females decided to give me a challenge with her threat pose, she was not very happy with me trying to steal her ootheca away.

 

[Asa]

The mantis looks a lot like the twig behind it

 

[yen_saw]

Yes it does! the long pronotum looks exactly like a twig too. It would be tough to spot one in the wild.