All Males?

[MingMing]

I ve been checkin for 2 weeks how to sex the nymphs... but they all seem to be males... all of 60 nymphs of lineola I have left are males... is it even possible or should I wait until they are adults to reafirm?

I ve checked one by one... I still cant believe it... Im having time off tomorrow and Im taking pics of each one of them so you can all judge... Im starting to freak out... again :s

Is it possible that all the nymphs of the same ooth are males?

 

[ismart]

What instar are they? I would really dought very highly that all 60 nymphs are males. Some times it's just difficult to tell when there small.

 

[MingMing]

the youngest are L4 the eldest L6... :S from that ooth, 80 nymphs were born, BUT some died, I gave away a few also, but I i ve tried to find ANY females and no luck :S

 

[ismart]

At L4 they should be easily sexable. Post a few pics, and i'm positive we can find you some females amongst your 60 nymphs.

 

[beckyl92]

thats near enough impossible to have no females out of that many mantids

just wait for another molt when the segments become more clearer.

 

[PhilinYuma]

I ve been checkin for 2 weeks how to sex the nymphs... but they all seem to be males... all of 60 nymphs of lineola I have left are males... is it even possible or should I wait until they are adults to reafirm? I ve checked one by one... I still cant believe it... Im having time off tomorrow and Im taking pics of each one of them so you can all judge... Im starting to freak out... again :s

Is it possible that all the nymphs of the same ooth are males?

It's extremely unlikely that all sixty are males, Ming Ming, though as you say, you'll know for sure, and so will they, when they become adults.

Could some be cross dressers or marimachas?

 

[MingMing]

o.o ok im starting to take pics NOW!!!!!!! ill post them along the day... you will see they are all guys!

 

[PhilinYuma]

o.o ok im starting to take pics NOW!!!!!!! ill post them along the day... you will see they are all guys!

That's a lot of work! You might want to take pix of just the 5th instar ones, because you can't always tell before that. You reckon that they all have eight segments, right?

 

[MingMing]

YES!! ALOT of work... but I ve got nothing else to do until 4 45 pm

mmm well I was checking on segments, all of them have over 6 segments, AND the last one instead of being a big triangled one are just several segments togethr :S but....

judge for yourself!!!!!!

this is part one....

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?...albumId=1219133

ps pics are still uploading this is just the link of the album

 

[ismart]

YES!! ALOT of work... but I ve got nothing else to do until 4 45 pm mmm well I was checking on segments, all of them have over 6 segments, AND the last one instead of being a big triangled one are just several segments togethr :S but....

judge for yourself!!!!!!

this is part one....

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?...albumId=1219133

ps pics are still uploading this is just the link of the album

Oh man! I cant see any of the pics. My job computer restricts me from going to certain sites like myspace and facebook. I guess they want me to do work or something .

 

[hibiscusmile]

it says I must be friend to view it, how cn i do this.ok did it, but now wants your email address so it can ask u if I can be friend, I hope looking at butts is not this hard.

 

[MingMing]

LOL here is the link

http://www.myspace.com/i_l_o_v_e_a_r_t

and yes maybe its a sign from God to go back to work!

 

[Rick]

I want to help but i'm not going to myspace to do it. Post the pics on photobucket and link them here. No way do you have all males.

 

[d17oug18]

i just saw them and i have to say the do look like all males, lol funny coink a dink if they are

 

[hibiscusmile]

i cant get in, making me aggravated, hubby just did that too!

ok, u only have one pic, the last one that shows the underneath, that one is male, none of the others can ve identified because it has to be the underneath.

 

[agent A]

Wait till they become adults to determine gender. That's the easiest time.

 

[bassist]

Myspace tried to gives meh spyware once D;

 

[MingMing]

LOL Im so so sorry for posting them on myspace I tried to made an album in here but it kept saying there was a mistake everytime I tried posting a pic.. :S

ok nvm I found out how to post them aparently I already have an account over there.... posting pics now...

 

[MingMing]

here it is:

does it work???

http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z260/ninanaya/?newest=1