World's Record Orchid Ooth!

[twolfe]

Hahah! Isn't 2-4am a great time to observe molts?! :devil:

Seriously, somewhere after L3/L4 I think I am able to witness about ~75%+ of my molts due to often being up very late.

I watched one of my wahlbergii molting between 2 - 3 am the other day. These little mantids seem to molt without any issues. I wonder if one reason is because they can really grip. This one was hanging in a really bad place. It was too late to move her. Anyway, I think most of my b. Mendicas molted the same time. Since I'm not working at the moment, I've been able to watch many molt.s

 

[yen_saw]

......Congrats to Yen on the nice hatch. Let us know when you get a count of the number hatched .....

About 130 nymphs came out from the oothecae, it was back in 2007 if i remember correctly.

 

[Precarious]

About 130 nymphs came out from the oothecae, it was back in 2007 if i remember correctly.

HOLY !!!!!

If this thing hatches there are going to be a lot of happy people out there.

 

[lunarstorm]

If this thing hatches there are going to be a lot of happy people out there.

No kidding. I don't think I've seen any orchids offered from a US member in months.

 

[hibiscusmile]

No matter how many ooths you see hatch it is alwasys fun to see more! hope they all make it and red babies are flying all over the us!

 

[ShieldMantid1997]

wow, put me on the list! :tt2:

 

[agent A]

wow, put me on the list! :tt2:

Ditto!!! I might try one early next year, I'll keep an eye on the classifieds after this thing hatches lol