green pod update

[Galapoheros]

Remember the "green pod"? This is hard for me to believe. I don't see how that "true bug" fit into that little pod! I don't know what species it is. Anybody know? I have an idea of what it is because of the common bugs I see around here. The sphinx cat hatched too. I separated the two of course. That was pretty cool to see what finally came out of that pod. Satisfied my curiosity.

 

[jwasted]

Thats pretty kewl. Did you let them go?

 

[Galapoheros]

I still have the goods. I'm going to let the bug go. I have one more unopened pod too. Maybe I can catch it coming out of the pod and take some pics. The odds are low on that one though. I like Wheelbugs. They are interesting, but I don't think this is a Wheelbug nymph. Still have the cat. I've got enough host plant to feed an army of Nessus sphinx cats so I might just raise it. It's low maintenance, so, why not. Kinda cool to see what it does. But I don't know if the bug is a predator or a sap sucker. I think it's a predator because of the way the eggs were laid, how they are scattered thinly over all the host plants. I think that would be something a predator species would do. I'm hoping someone can ID the bug.

 

[Stylopidae]

I know Arilus sp. lay their eggs in clusters, but Platymeris sp. drop them when they feel like it.

Probably doesn't help

 

[Galapoheros]

Yea! That helps allot! May not be the answer, but I'm used to trial and error. I'll look into it. Thanks

 

[cacoseraph]

good grief!

nature is one tricky mug!

awesome pics

also, if those caterpillars are that easy to raise i wonder about breeding them for feeders.... don't know how you could do butterflies though. i bet there is a way, however

 

[Scolopendra55]

Raising caterpilars is fairly simple as long as you have plenty of their foodplant (and that looks like some sort of sphinx which tend to be pretty easy). I can give you more details if you decide to rear it. That true bug looks pretty sweet!! It'll be interesting to see if it's carniverous or not

 

[Galapoheros]

The cat will be simple enough to raise, but like you said I don't know if the bug is a predator or not. Don't know if I'm will to take the time to find out. It has a predator look to it to me. But I don't know for sure. I may post it on an insect site.

 

[Scolopendra55]

After it hardens up I'd recomend trying to feed it a pre killed pinhead. And if it doesn't eat it within a day just assume it eats the type of leaves the egg was on.

 

[Waspman]

It looks like an assassin to me due to the elongated head.

I'll do a bit of looking around.

 

[cacoseraph]

It looks like an assassin to me due to the elongated head.

I'll do a bit of looking around.

yeah, i kind of think i see the assassin type shorter er, proboscis? not like a plant bugs really long thin plant needle nose

 

[Sof]

Interesting, but the first 2 pics sure look like some assassin bug. Hopefully I can catch afew this summer

 

[Waspman]

yeah, i kind of think i see the assassin type shorter er, proboscis? not like a plant bugs really long thin plant needle nose

I see this as well.

I'd keep it and go with Scolopendra55's feeding suggestions. It's worth a shot and it would be cool to see as an adult!

 

[Galapoheros]

I put a small crushed roach in with it Wed night with the same hopes y'all had. Roaches are tuff. Thurs, the roach was still there and alive on it's back. Friday, still there. Sat still there and still moving it's antennae. Today, it's body is half there but it's still moving it's antennae. The little bug is definitely fatter. I have a hunch about what it is. I'll catch one in my backyard and post a pic later. The local slang for what I'm going to try and find is "stink bug". But that's not really it. Maybe for some people. I think it's one of the Leaf-Footed bugs. I'll go try to find one.

Well, I just looked. Thought I'd find one real fast.....nothing. Found some Clearwing sphinx cats though. Those are pretty cool. Well I'll find one of those bugs later.

 

[lucanidae]

yeah, i kind of think i see the assassin type shorter er, proboscis?

Stylet is the term you were looking for.

Family Nabidae nymph, 99 percent sure. They are predators.

 

[Galapoheros]

Nabidae? I'm going to go with that for now since you seem so sure. I came across some Leaf-Footed bug eggs on the web and they didn't look anything like the green eggs I posted, I mean nothing like them. So I'm guessing now it's not in the Leaf-Footed family . Guess I'll hold on to it and see what it turns out to be. Oh, remember the Trapjaw ants? They are still in that terr!!! I can't get rid of them! They kill anything I put in there. Ha, not trying to derail the thread of course, just something I remembered.

 

[Scolopendra55]

Why on earth would you want to get rid of those sweet trap-jaw ants?!?!?!

 

[Galapoheros]

Why on earth would you want to get rid of those sweet trap-jaw ants?!?!?!

Haha, well, they are just taking up too much real-estate. I should have put them in an "Antfarm" type of enclosure instead of a 10 gal setup that I was hoping to put a centipede in. I have some established small plants and little ferns in there so I don't want to dig it all up. I put a small T in there because I thought they were gone. The next day a few of them were around the T. They had killed it. A young Avicularia versicolor. Saw a large colony of Trapjaw last week by the way. I was out of containers and exhausted so I couldn't catch any. Also found two S. h. castaneiceps:drool: . That was a day that started out real bad but had a happy ending .

 

[Galapoheros]

In case there is any curiosity left, I think this is what it is as an adult.

 

[Waspman]

I still think it's a type of assassin, not a plant-feeder.

Did you release it already?