Thursday, February 10, 2011

PRAYING MANTIS-2


MY OBSERVATIONS

Location : Palode, Thiruvananthapuram

23-11-2010 – Observed one ootheca attached in a twig.
White in colour




















27-12-2010 – twelve baby mantises emerged




They fighting each other when coming face to face
One to one and half centimeter in length
Abdomen curved upwards





It dispersed very quickly in different plants

17-01-2011 – Dissected the egg case after 21 days and found 4 eggs were not hatched.

The unhatched eggs were in decaying stage.

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