Ian
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Beautiful photos fangsheath, thanks for sharing.
Pseudovates arizonae ( arizona unicorn mantis )
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Beautiful pics Dave. The ootheca looks exactly the same as what I received from Chrsitian (Peru). Lets hope the ootheca hatched out alright and kindly please keep us update. Now I am not sure which species I have, pseudovates or phyllovates :? , but it seems like Pseudovates Arizonae has very visible lobes not seen on adult PSeudovates Peruviana (or is it Phyllovates tripunctata???).
I have about 30 nymphs hatching out from one large ooth and only 10 from another small ooth recently, the other two oothecae hatched out amonth ago yielded 25 and 32 nymphs so not many hatched and without going through any diapause.
The oldest nymphs i have are now L3 but took them as long as a month to do so, am expecting another 5-6 months before they reach adulthood.
I have about 30 nymphs hatching out from one large ooth and only 10 from another small ooth recently, the other two oothecae hatched out amonth ago yielded 25 and 32 nymphs so not many hatched and without going through any diapause.
The oldest nymphs i have are now L3 but took them as long as a month to do so, am expecting another 5-6 months before they reach adulthood.
ponchot
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Cool photos fangsheath, keep em coming.
Wow those ooths are small, & I thought
Chinese Ooths were hard to find in the wild!!
Wow those ooths are small, & I thought
Chinese Ooths were hard to find in the wild!!
Apparently, Phyllovates chlorophaea is not uncommon (as compared to Pseudovates Arizonae) in southern Texas especially area along Mexico border. I received an e-mail from an insect expert there, some good info for anyone who likes to keep this species. Here it is;
I have been finding the species with great regularity here at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park. Since mid-October I have seen one or more individuals virtually every day in our butterfly garden, usually lurking near the flowers of Eupatorium odoratum or similar plants, often eating some pollinating insect. I have also encountered them many times at night in the park maintenance yard, where a particularly bright light tends to accumulate large numbers of insects, on which the mantids then feed. I have yet to observe any outside of our park, and also have yet to see one ovipositing. I have not seen mating in progress but have encountered males and females close together on plants a couple of times (I have photos of that too, have not had time to post them to the Guide yet). I have encountered a few late-instar nymphs but noticed no really young ones yet.
Climate conditions here are subtropical. Temperatures in the winter generally do not get lower than 40 degrees at night, and are regularly above 60 in the daytime. Summertime temperatures average in the mid- to high 90s in the daytime and lower 70s at night. In generally the air is dry, with most of our rainfall coming in September and early October, and humidity being higher through November than during the rest of the year. Note that Brownsville does get rain more frequently and have higher humidity than we do here in Hidalgo County, due do its closer proximity to the Gulf of Mexico.
Observations of this and other mantis species peaked following the September rains, but as these were observations of adult mantids, the nymphs may have been present unobserved much earlier in the summer. Also, as most of the observations have been around Eupatorium blooms, the adults may have been present earlier but less conspicuously because they were not being concentrated by the presence of the flowers and associated prey insects.
If you have any other questions, do not hesitate to ask.
Cheers,
Josh
Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D.
Program Specialist
World Birding Center
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
I have been finding the species with great regularity here at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park. Since mid-October I have seen one or more individuals virtually every day in our butterfly garden, usually lurking near the flowers of Eupatorium odoratum or similar plants, often eating some pollinating insect. I have also encountered them many times at night in the park maintenance yard, where a particularly bright light tends to accumulate large numbers of insects, on which the mantids then feed. I have yet to observe any outside of our park, and also have yet to see one ovipositing. I have not seen mating in progress but have encountered males and females close together on plants a couple of times (I have photos of that too, have not had time to post them to the Guide yet). I have encountered a few late-instar nymphs but noticed no really young ones yet.
Climate conditions here are subtropical. Temperatures in the winter generally do not get lower than 40 degrees at night, and are regularly above 60 in the daytime. Summertime temperatures average in the mid- to high 90s in the daytime and lower 70s at night. In generally the air is dry, with most of our rainfall coming in September and early October, and humidity being higher through November than during the rest of the year. Note that Brownsville does get rain more frequently and have higher humidity than we do here in Hidalgo County, due do its closer proximity to the Gulf of Mexico.
Observations of this and other mantis species peaked following the September rains, but as these were observations of adult mantids, the nymphs may have been present unobserved much earlier in the summer. Also, as most of the observations have been around Eupatorium blooms, the adults may have been present earlier but less conspicuously because they were not being concentrated by the presence of the flowers and associated prey insects.
If you have any other questions, do not hesitate to ask.
Cheers,
Josh
Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D.
Program Specialist
World Birding Center
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
Here's a link to a picture of one taken at that park (posted on Bugguide).
http://bugguide.net/node/view/71465/bgimage
http://bugguide.net/node/view/71465/bgimage
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i live here in arizona. if anyone has a clue as to where i could find one of these, i could try and get some for the forum members 
any suggestions?
any suggestions?Shelbycsx
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Keep me in mind if you ever find any, as I'd love to get a few. :wink: I'd even like to breed 'em since no one in USA that I know of is caring for them. :!:i live here in arizona. if anyone has a clue as to where i could find one of these, i could try and get some for the forum members
Took me a while to find this old link, reason was some Mexican Unicorn mantids hatched out for me today!!
Here is the ooth I received last year.
and about 35 nymphs hatched out today! Hopefuly more to come tomorrow.
This species is Phyllovates chlorophaea. Hopefully i can raise some to adulthood. I will take a better shot later.
Here is the ooth I received last year.
and about 35 nymphs hatched out today! Hopefuly more to come tomorrow.
This species is Phyllovates chlorophaea. Hopefully i can raise some to adulthood. I will take a better shot later.
Wanna share some pics of L1 nymph for this species. You can vaguely see the two "teeth" on the head even they are just L1.
Just another update on this species. Almost all of them have molted into L3, the "horn" is getting visible. They are very hardy species and very communal although they seemed to be hungary all the time, no casualty due to cannibalism, in fact it is zero casualty so far. Hopefully they can breed for another generation.
the mantinator
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wow good job yen keep us updated
Thanks Wayne. Is amazed we have such cool native species. I know at least two people keeping them at the moment, lets hope the availability for this species increase among hobbyists in the future.
the mantinator
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youra pioneer in exoctic mantids as you are the first to sucsessfuly captive breed these.
P.S is there still a big number of them still alive?
P.S is there still a big number of them still alive?
Thanks guys.
I haven't bred this species yet, they are from wild caught adult female species which produced fertile ootheca. I have a good hatch from the ootheca, i sent 11 to another breeder and still have all the rest of 30 nymphs at L3. It is looking good as they are eating and growing together fine, a communal species so far.
I haven't bred this species yet, they are from wild caught adult female species which produced fertile ootheca. I have a good hatch from the ootheca, i sent 11 to another breeder and still have all the rest of 30 nymphs at L3. It is looking good as they are eating and growing together fine, a communal species so far.
Now at L5.
OGIGA
Dead Leaf Mantis
Looks a lot like one of those ancient Egyptian paintings. :lol:
