Definition of Ootheca. Meaning of Ootheca. Synonyms of Ootheca

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Definition of Ootheca

Ootheca
Ootheca O`["o]*the"ca, n.; pl. O["o]thec[ae]. [NL., fr. Gr. ? an egg + ? a case.] (Zo["o]l.) An egg case, especially those of many kinds of mollusks, and of some insects, as the cockroach. Cf. O[oe]cium.

Meaning of Ootheca from wikipedia

- An ootheca /oʊ.əˈθiːkə/ (pl.: oothecae /oʊ.əˈθiːsiː/) is a type of egg capsule made by any member of a variety of species including mollusks (such as...
- the ootheca of the ****roach, resulting in an average of 648 parasites per ootheca. The parasites eat the ****roach eggs and emerge from the ootheca as...
- ****roach develops an ootheca in her abdomen. The abdomen swells as her eggs develop, until the translucent tip of the ootheca begins to protrude from...
- The wasp lands on the ootheca and drums on it with her antennae. During step two, she extends her ovipositor and taps on the ootheca in several places for...
- parasitize mantids. They have been observed most often utilizing the egg case (ootheca) of Stagmomantis carolina, but have also been reported to choose S. limbata...
- choice, and will attack almost any ootheca of a particular size. The female wasp lays an egg inside the roach ootheca (egg case), and the wasp larva hatches...
- green female) Stagmomantis carolina laying ootheca Recently laid M. religiosa ootheca Hatching from the ootheca Sphodromantis lineola molting ****ual cannibalism...
- harborage). Adult female Adult female laying an ootheca. From North Carolina Adult female laying ootheca. Adult male captured as a nymph from North Carolina...
- generally long external ovipositors, and are thought not to have laid ootheca like modern dictyopterans. ****roaches are po****rly thought to be an ancient...
- Escorial, Spain) Adult M. r. religiosa in Guelph, Ontario Ootheca in Guelph, Ontario Damaged ootheca in Guelph, Ontario At the Aristotlepark of Stagira Praying...