All one sex!?!?!

[Woodbox]

I'm so bummed. I think all my mantids are girls. Every single one of them. I was really looking forward to breeding them too. Im posting pics. I really hope I'm just ignorant with sexing them. Some are really bad but you can still just make out the segments. My ooth hatched 13. 10 L1s made it. 8 of those had what it takes and they are all the same sex. I suppose Ill be in the wanted section.

 

[ismart]

Very hard to tell by your pics. I would wait a few more molts just to certain. What species are they? They look like a Stagmomantis sp.?

 

[hibiscusmile]

I know this they are cutE!

 

[Woodbox]

Very hard to tell by your pics. I would wait a few more molts just to certain. What species are they? They look like a Stagmomantis sp.?

yea, no idea. Im guessing Stagmomantis carolina but I suppose it could be Stagmomantis floridensis. The ooth is from Fla. I guess I have to wait till final molt. Most of these pics are L4. How many molts do Stagmomantis run through. For some reason I though 6 but something tells me Im waiting for 8.

 

[JoeCapricorn]

I think maybe 8 as well. Also, I thought my original four mantises were all male, but one turned out to be female - Kit.

 

[massaman]

I got 2 that maybe female as well but looking for a male for them and maybe we can do a deal if you got extra males!