Budwing Nymph Instar..?

[marsyrosey]

Hello!

So two weeks ago I purchased some budwing nymphs, two of them have just molted and I realised I have no clue what instar they are…? Is there anyway someone could tell me and idea if I give a photo reference against a coin or something like that?

At the moment they’re eating Hydei fruit flies but could probably handle house flies. They can probably only go one more molt in their 5 oz deli cups so they’re a decent size. 

 

[MrGhostMantis]

I probably could.

 

[marsyrosey]

I probably could.

i’m sorry i just completely forgot about this gonna go take a picture rn

 

[marsyrosey]

i’m sorry i just completely forgot about this gonna go take a picture rn

alright so this is one of my females



and this is is my male



theyve all molted twice with me so i know they’re at least L3

 

[MrGhostMantis]

alright so this is one of my females

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and this is is my male

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theyve all molted twice with me so i know they’re at least L3

They look L4.

 

[marsyrosey]

They look L4.

alright thank you so much that was what i figured