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Definition of Oothecae

Oothecae
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 Oothecae 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 Turbinella...
- lay oothecae. The oldest fossils of Dictyoptera from the Late Carboniferous, referred to as "roachoids" have long ovipositors and did not lay oothecae. The...
- presents itself. The Carolina mantis is the state insect of South Carolina. Oothecae can be purchased in garden supply centers as a means of biological control...
- name ensign wasp. This wasp reproduces by laying eggs into egg cases, or oothecae, of ****roaches. The wasp larvae use the ****roach eggs as a food source...
- roach activity. Signs of ****roaches are their oothecae, which are "egg cases". The blackish-brown oothecae are formed a day after mating, and are deposited...
- can produce several semi-spherical oothecae, roughly 2 cm (0.8 in) in diameter, containing up to 300 eggs. The oothecae are often affixed to vegetation such...
- maturation, and females produce oothecae about every 8 days, beginning about 55 days after maturation. The oothecae are buried in soil or decaying logs...
- hagenowii is a species of parasitoid wasp. It is a parasitoid of ****roach oothecae. "Aprostocetus hagenowii". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved...
- parasitoids that feed on ****roaches and develop inside the egg-cases, or oothecae, of their hosts. Evaniidae have the metasoma attached very high above the...
- protrudes from the tip of the abdomen. On average, females produce 9–10 oothecae, although they can sometimes produce as many as 90. After about two days...