How to Sex a Young Blepharopsis mendica

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agent A

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ok so yen had a great way to sex young idolos, and i have a way to sex young blephs, this works at or above L4

so when we see the side view of a bleph's abdomen, we see a large spike close to the end of the abdomen, i highlighted it in purple here:

howtosexableph1.jpg


now, in a FEMALE, there is NOTHING after this, like so:

howtosexableph2.jpg


here is another view of this:

howtosexableph3.jpg


now in a MALE, after this largest spike, there is another, thinner spike and if you look REALLY closely, another teeny tiny one (subgenital plate):

howtosexableph4.jpg


hope this helps ;)

 
I need to get some b. mendicas first :(

...looks helpful and easy though..pics a tad light though

 
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I still think that this is a good way to tell if you are correct on just antennas.

thanks for the photos.

Harry

 
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