SSimsswiSS
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I collected 4 mantis cases on a hike Sunday, and one of them hatched today. Can anyone ID these?
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ColorCham427
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Carolina mantis, common in florida bro.
If you can find some oothecae that look like this:http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...atista+grisea+ooth&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&tbs=isch:1
5th row down, let me know, I'll pay you or totally trade some hornworms or something lol.
Gonatista grisea are found in Florida. Gonatista grisea adults are cool as hell looking.
If you can find some oothecae that look like this:http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...atista+grisea+ooth&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&tbs=isch:1
5th row down, let me know, I'll pay you or totally trade some hornworms or something lol.
Gonatista grisea are found in Florida. Gonatista grisea adults are cool as hell looking.
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joshua n janet
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we dont really see those here i never have thats cool that yall can find them
Not to sound like a crab, but did you need 4 cases? Couldnt you have left a few for mother nature? Its one thing to collect a something here and there, but that seems like alot of mantis eggs. Not sure what your plan is with them but I would let at least half of each case go once they have hatched.
SSimsswiSS
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Good advise.
I collect only what I see on the hiking trail. I'm only collecting a very low percentage of whats protentially out there. I have found a total of 10 cases over the last three weeks, on three different hikes.
I plan to raise and ID the mantis first. Once I identify them, I plan to return most of them to their collected site. I don't believe their Carolina Mantis. Different body shape, and no amber/orange appearance in newly hatched nymphs. I'm really hoping for a native California species.
ponders
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Just an observation from this season.
Every year I buy mantis cases and place half of them in my garden. I had some of them tied to a rose bush and a lilac tree, one in the frontyard another in the back. Both were attacked by some type of bird (blue jay?) and pecked open. One was half destroyed and ants were attacking the exposed mantids that hadn't hatched yet. Luckily I noticed and knocked all the ants off. I brought it inside and they hatched the next day. Some didn't make it but most survived. The other case was in pieces, but I have it hanging in a cup, maybe some will hatch. After a week of eating FF I let them go back into the garden. I think the rest I will hatch in the house.
Every year I buy mantis cases and place half of them in my garden. I had some of them tied to a rose bush and a lilac tree, one in the frontyard another in the back. Both were attacked by some type of bird (blue jay?) and pecked open. One was half destroyed and ants were attacking the exposed mantids that hadn't hatched yet. Luckily I noticed and knocked all the ants off. I brought it inside and they hatched the next day. Some didn't make it but most survived. The other case was in pieces, but I have it hanging in a cup, maybe some will hatch. After a week of eating FF I let them go back into the garden. I think the rest I will hatch in the house.
