Found a mantid, need ID

[maneatingmoo]

I was at the edge of a field trying to catch some of the billions of grasshoppers and crickets for my plants, and I saw what I thought was a long green grasshopper. I went up to it and freaked out because it was a mantid. So my mom got a glove and a jar and it's sitting here in this jar with a twig. She was a bit rough with it and one of it's legs is missing... Will it survive? What kind of mantid is it? Is it male or female? I don't know how to put pictures on but I'll give it a try.

 

[idolomantis]

mantis religiosa male-_-

 

[The_Asa]

Common name is the European mantis

 

[maneatingmoo]

Aww, I wanted a female. Oh well. Will he survive the leg being gone?

 

[The_Asa]

He's adult so it can't grow back, but it will survive without it.

 

[idolomantis]

can you make a pic of the wings? i am not sure if hes really adult.

 

[Morpheus uk]

No its sub adult, so very little of not no regrowth with the final moult im afraid

 

[Rob Byatt]

I think people need more practice at this

It's female it it isn't adult

 

[maneatingmoo]

How do I get the wings out to get a picture?

 

[Morpheus uk]

You dont need to i can see as clear as day that it is a sub adult

 

[Birdfly]

and therefore has no wings yet :blink:

 

[idolomantis]

I think people need more practice at this It's female it it isn't adult

i count 7 segments..

but its defenetly not adukt

 

[Mantis_Whisper]

Yeah Idolo, I was gonna say it was a female... go by the last segment, males have a very small last segment compared to the other segments, females have a bigger one. Pretty sure you know that though.

Dif a subadult, you have a bit more time before she sheds into an adult though.

 

[idolomantis]

well we will see it when its adult

 

[Birdfly]

We can see now, 100% female

 

[idolomantis]

<_<

 

[Morpheus uk]

Ta dar

 

[maneatingmoo]

I found another one, this one's smaller and has all of it's legs. My parents think the other one is a male because it's leg was missing and they think the female eats the male. So they think this must be the female since it was near the other one. Is it ok to put it in with the other one?

 

[MantidLord]

Oh God no!!! Even if you stuffed both with food, they'll still fight and kill each other :blink: . Keep them seperate and post a pic of the new mantis so we can id it. The first mants is a female. It has nothing to do with the leg. B)