Trachyaretaon carmelae

== Way of life and reproduction ==

== Way of life and reproduction ==

[[File:Trachyaretaon brueckneri - Nymphen.jpg|left|thumb| different colored nymphs]] The nocturnal and twilight-active animals usually sit on the food plants. The adult males can often be carried around by the females for weeks. In the absence of adult females, they also mount the females of other members of the [[Tribe (biology)|tribe]] [[Obrimini]]. During the [[mating]] the male pushes a greenish colored seed carrier ([[spermatophore]]) under the subgenital plate of the female. The cylindrical, about {{convert|5|mm|in}} long and about {{convert|3|mm|in}} wide, dark brown eggs are laid in the ground by the female using the slightly curved secondary [[ovipositor]]. They resemble the animals' own droppings and are strongly reminiscent of those of other Obrimini such as ''[[Aretaon asperrimus]]'', of which they only resemble the hard to recognize, an upside down "Y" micropylar plate distinguish. At the front pole of the eggs there is a circular lid (operculum), which the nymphs push on when they hatch three to four months after laying the eggs. The very variably colored nymphs grow into adults over the next seven months. The [[Imago]] then live another five to eight months.<ref name = "Bäthe" />

[[File:Trachyaretaon carmelae - Nymphen.jpg|left|thumb| different colored nymphs]] The nocturnal and twilight-active animals usually sit on the food plants. The adult males can often be carried around by the females for weeks. In the absence of adult females, they also mount the females of other members of the [[Tribe (biology)|tribe]] [[Obrimini]]. During the [[mating]] the male pushes a greenish colored seed carrier ([[spermatophore]]) under the subgenital plate of the female. The cylindrical, about {{convert|5|mm|in}} long and about {{convert|3|mm|in}} wide, dark brown eggs are laid in the ground by the female using the slightly curved secondary [[ovipositor]]. They resemble the animals' own droppings and are strongly reminiscent of those of other Obrimini such as ''[[Aretaon asperrimus]]'', of which they only resemble the hard to recognize, an upside down "Y" micropylar plate distinguish. At the front pole of the eggs there is a circular lid (operculum), which the nymphs push on when they hatch three to four months after laying the eggs. The very variably colored nymphs grow into adults over the next seven months. The [[Imago]] then live another five to eight months.<ref name = "Bäthe" />

== In terraristics ==

== In terraristics ==