Roachman26 Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Anyone know what sort of insect makes this sort of egg case? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Stagmomantis species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roachman26 Posted May 5, 2010 Author Share Posted May 5, 2010 Stagmomantis species. Thanks Ralph. Once I got the name, I did a google search and checked them out. I'm in Southern California and I've never seen any mantids anywhere in my area. I just bought a bunch of Chinese and European egg cases because I didn't know there were any around. I just used that gate a few months ago in winter and there was no egg case there at that time. I would have thought they would lay in the fall for a spring hatch, but this one apparently laid in the Spring. Will it hatch without a diapause? I don't want to mess with it, so I'll just watch it daily to see if I can catch them hatching. I'll try to get some photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 At this time of year you shouldn't need a diapause if you were out here in the Midwest, but I don't know about California. Probably not, though. They tend to hatch in the morning, after rain because it's safest from predators. How many Chinese/European ooths did you buy? There's a lot of eggs in one of those! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roachman26 Posted May 6, 2010 Author Share Posted May 6, 2010 At this time of year you shouldn't need a diapause if you were out here in the Midwest, but I don't know about California. Probably not, though. They tend to hatch in the morning, after rain because it's safest from predators. How many Chinese/European ooths did you buy? There's a lot of eggs in one of those! Umm, lets just say a few. From what I read there are 200-400 in each ooth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blatta70 Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 I know this topic is old, but I believe that this egg case may be from the Mediterranean Mantis (Iris oratoria) which are quite common in southern California. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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