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My mantis seems to be afraid of his food?
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<blockquote data-quote="River Dane" data-source="post: 314751" data-attributes="member: 10104"><p>It is possible he is an adult. I’m fairly sure those are his wings, and his body looks like an adult’s.</p><p></p><p>The males are generally skinnier and proportionately longer, but before the later instars, you can’t really tell with some species based on this alone. If you’re friend sexed him based on this, he may be fully grown.</p><p></p><p>If those are his wings, than he is an adult. My male limbata was approx 7.5cm at adulthood, give or take.</p><p></p><p>Diapause is when an ooth haults development of eggs during winter. When temperatures warm up, the eggs begin to develop, and the nymphs hatch a couple months later. A majority of species go through diapause in winter, including this one, although it isn’t necessary in domesticated ooths. In the wild, it prevents mantids from freezing to death and lacking sufficient food.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://s20.postimg.cc/az4nxev5p/300_B34_E5-38_E7-4_DC8-9_C81-_FC036_B1_F3555.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="River Dane, post: 314751, member: 10104"] It is possible he is an adult. I’m fairly sure those are his wings, and his body looks like an adult’s. The males are generally skinnier and proportionately longer, but before the later instars, you can’t really tell with some species based on this alone. If you’re friend sexed him based on this, he may be fully grown. If those are his wings, than he is an adult. My male limbata was approx 7.5cm at adulthood, give or take. Diapause is when an ooth haults development of eggs during winter. When temperatures warm up, the eggs begin to develop, and the nymphs hatch a couple months later. A majority of species go through diapause in winter, including this one, although it isn’t necessary in domesticated ooths. In the wild, it prevents mantids from freezing to death and lacking sufficient food. [IMG]https://s20.postimg.cc/az4nxev5p/300_B34_E5-38_E7-4_DC8-9_C81-_FC036_B1_F3555.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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