want to see something crazy?

[macro junkie]

300 nymphs all packed together :D

chinese mantis

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[racketman]

I presume they are offspring of one of your adult Chinese mantids? Maybe there is a Tibetan mantid in the middle of that melee?

[macro junkie]

I presume they are offspring of one of your adult Chinese mantids? Maybe there is a Tibetan mantid in the middle of that melee?
no..i was giving an ooth to take pics of for there web site..u can buy these ooth on ebay for 10£..They have high mortality rate il probably end up with something like 30-40% at the end maybe less.

[turbotoes]

Cute lil' fellows

[LordV]

Cute little fellas - really like #3 & 4
Brian V.

[PiRho]

LOL!
Now thats what I was looking for from you MJ! cute little buggers. I remember years ago finding an ooth and keeping it in a jar then all of a sudden... just like in your pic there were hundreds(seamed like anyway ) of those little buggers running around eating each other.
Nice shots. I like the last two the best.

[Jay Lowery]

ahhh, i cant wait till my ooth hatches, hopefully have a ton of liltte guys like that.

[Omri Alon]

I really like #3. Great shots of these cute little guys :D

[Bill Pham]

I presume they are offspring of one of your adult Chinese mantids? Maybe there is a Tibetan mantid in the middle of that melee?

lol Toby i think i saw a mongolian mantid in there also. MJ what the heck do you keep them all in when they get bigger.

Bill

[Attic]

Nice one MJ, have you named them yet :lol:

[mikeb540]

101 madtids hehehe, thats a lot of pincher arms hehehe, drop a wounded moth in there and watchem fight!
mike

[macro junkie]

lol Toby i think i saw a mongolian mantid in there also. MJ what the heck do you keep them all in when they get bigger.

Bill
i hatch them in 320z deli cups with damp spagnum moss as medium.soon as they hatch i put the cup in a 1ft X 1ft mantis place net cage with the lid off..they all climb out in to the net cage then

[macro junkie]

If any one in the uk wants any of these for free..all u need to do is pm me and pay postage..i have to many.

[andrew748]

If any one in the uk wants any of these for free..all u need to do is pm me and pay postage..i have to many.

how easy are they to care for?

btw nice nymph orgy :)

[Bald Eagle]

Excellent work, I wish you were on this side of the pond, I would love to raise them as well.

[renderwerks]

Excellent work, I wish you were on this side of the pond, I would love to raise them as well.

I second that. I have an ooth perched on a hibiscus in my back yard waiting for the day... Hope I'm home when they hatch:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2002/2348344723_c45339cb9f_m.jpg
ps: hope you don't mind my posting a pic in your thread, I'm just excited! (this will be my first) :D

[racketman]

ooth - handy new scrabble word.

[macro junkie]

how easy are they to care for?

btw nice nymph orgy :)
easy if u have lots of food.frute flys.

[sw2001]

MJ, if you have to many, I can send you a few robber flies. ;)

[Ballen Photo]

This is pretty neat seeing all these baby Mantis in one place. A first for me. ;)300 nymphs all packed together :D
Did you count them? :p :lol:
-Bruce

[macro junkie]

This is pretty neat seeing all these baby Mantis in one place. A first for me. ;)
Did you count them? :p :lol:
-Bruce
hell no..that is a wild guess..this species if its a big ooth which it is hatch 250-400..so i said 300 to be on safe side..lol

[Ballen Photo]

hell no..that is a wild guess..this species if its a big ooth which it is hatch 250-400..so i said 300 to be on safe side..lolGOTCHA! ;)
BTW, I'm guessing that an "ooth" is a cluster of baby Mantis where they were born/hatched?
-Bruce

[macro junkie]

GOTCHA! ;)
BTW, I'm guessing that an "ooth" is a cluster of baby Mantis where they were born/hatched?
-Bruce
ooth or ootherca is a foam like sack which holds lots of eggs..3-10 weeks they hatch

[Ballen Photo]

ooth or ootherca is a foam like sack which holds lots of eggs..3-10 weeks they hatch
Thanks, Always happy to learn. ;)
-Bruce