I’m slowly getting recorded versions of the live stuff finished but a few demos are up on ootheca.bandcamp.com. I also usually make a few one-off CDs to sell at shows. I’ve loved playing every show ...

A female cockroach “Piniblattella yixianesis” center, with a long ootheca at the end of her abdomen, pauses on a tree trunk in an early Cretaceous forest. (Artwork by Dr Chen Wang) Very early on, ...

Q: Several of these growths appeared on a shrub in my yard. Any thoughts on what it might be? A: These are praying mantis egg cases, aka ootheca. After mating, female mantids lay their eggs in a foamy ...

The ootheca of Lamproblatta albipalpus Hebard is described in detail. The seam is tall, thinly attached to the egg case, and forms a common aeration chamber. Aeration of the eggs occurs through spongy ...

TO European oologists, the name of John Wolley is both well known and held in great esteem, for not only was he one of our soundest and best ornithologists, especially in the field, but also was one ...

Terrance Zdunich’s portrait of a dysfunctional American family in the 90’s, The Molting, has just dropped Chapter 3 on an unassuming public. It’s called “Ootheca” after the hardened case in which ...