TAMU Insect Collection open house 2010
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why do the barks look as if they're wings are soft like they just finished spreading out and they need to dry? some have wings that looka little too clear for a mantis. also, how long would it take for a mantis to develop full wing color? I noticed it takes 3 days for Creobroter, 1 day for miomantis, hierdula, tenodera, species like that. but what about the barkies?@kamakiri: Unfortunately there are only male on that tray. THere are also some adult females needing identification but i didn't check their wing color as all the specimens are dried and stiff.@ Agent A: Well you have your anwers there thanks everyone explaining to Alex.
More native species, Stagmomantis carolina specimen
Florida bark mantis
Brunneria borealis
Oligonicella scudderi
Oligonicella mexicana - check out the longer pronotum (longer metazona) compare to O. scudderi
Other specimen besides mantis
It is a tradition to have a group photo before lunch, this year is the same. I have gained lot of weight recently but some should still be able to spot me
yep!
Thanks Amanda for showing up, I hope you and your friends have fun there.
Your Canon 100 mm macro IS + twin-lite macro flash combination is also one of the attraction for the event :lol: I have also taken the photos of your second and thrid mantis specimen in your pics.This unknown specimen (nymph) from Mexico
Eremiaphila sp from Amman, Jordan
The specimen have been there for years actually. The wings on adult male Florida mantis are actually transparent with some gray marking. Following are some of the recently spread Gonatista grisea from my collection
Florida bark mantis gets the full wing color few hours after molting.
There are a few other new mantis specimen I haven't seen on previous two visits. A specimen from Iraq, looks like an Empusa sp.
Female Choerododis sp. (probably rhombicollis)
Male Choerododis sp.
Charlie is another bug hunting buddy I met last year, a very knowledgable, humble, and kind chap.
ZoeRipper
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Jeez, Yen! That's one helluva sheild on that female Choerododis!
ABbuggin
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Looks awesome Yen. Sure wish I could of gone.
yeah she's a beauty and have seen better day I am sure.Queen ants
Looks like some popular jack jumper ant from Australia
Some exotic beetles from Africa
native mantis with ooth
more beetles
Assorted insects tray
Moth
Cannibalistic katydid - was told this would rip a praying mantis apart in minutes (Rehnia spinosa = Neobarrettia spinosa ??)
Hopper
Some of the visitors from Houston area (Amanda and Co.
)
Another friend from Houston area. Anita is a naturalist from Jesse Jones Park at North Houston where i am going to attend her park program helping out on mantis identification within the park. In return she will help me in translation of some German literature since she's a German!
David and Dan bringing out freshly preserved insects for A&M staff to identify before selling them to the public.
identification in progress.....
Stick insects
Roaches
Wasps
this look like a lot of work!
more mantis
David and Dan bringing out freshly preserved insects for A&M staff to identify before selling them to the public.
identification in progress.....
Stick insects
Roaches
Wasps
this look like a lot of work!
more mantis
Nice photos of obviously interesting event. Looks like plenty of "a lot of work!" :lol:
Looks like plenty of "a lot of work!" :lol: MantidLord
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Wow. Those are sooo awesome! Great pics yen. You're lucky.
Yeah got to love the job to do that kind of work.Nice photos of obviously interesting event.
Thanks. Yeah good thing TAMU is only 90 miles from Houston.Mantoida maya – adult male. Specimens from Key Largo, FL.
While taking down notes I saw a very small mantis, the smallest I have ever seen. Not even a cm. Appear to be from Australia.
More hopper
Tiger beetles
More mantis
I missed this mantis – Zoolea sp
Some Pseudovates spp
why does only 1 have wing color? When I preserved my dead Creobroter males, they both still have full color, they haven't faded. I have a special method of preserving them, I should probably mention it here.Some Pseudovates spp
PhilinYuma
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batsofchaos
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Something that hasn't been mentioned yet in regards to preserving insects is that in addition to the feasibility of letting them die naturally is only part of it. In addition to actual physical study of a dead specimen, an important part of entomology involves the location and dates of collection. It's easy to understand why this info is important to researchers; it helps determine distinctions within a species by geographic location, and changes within a species in an specific geographic location over time. Perhaps the S. carolina in North Carolina tend to be slightly bigger/slightly greener/etc. than the ones that live in Colorado? Or if the ones in Colorado are bigger this year (a very wet year by Colorado standards) compared to 2004? I don't know if any of that's true, but what if it is? How would you be able to uncover information in that vein if all specimens, while originally wild-caught, were actually captive specimens, simply due to the fact that you kept them in a cup for six months with an artificial life cycle? Killing immediately upon collection, as well as accurate annotation, is essential for entomological research.
mantiseater
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I think the ones with clear wing are vates they look similar to two males that i caught in JamaicaQUOTE (yen_saw @ Jan 14 2010, 01:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Some Pseudovates spp
why does only 1 have wing color? When I preserved my dead Creobroter males, they both still have full color, they haven't faded. I have a special method of preserving them, I should probably mention it here.
