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[Bathory]

The smallest male was hiding, but here are the two other males (front) and one of my females (back). I thought the smallest male was a female but he molted into his antennae so here I am with 2 females and 3 males!

 

[Ocelotbren]

They look great, nice pictures!

 

[River Dane]

Beautiful Mantids, and great shots! Especially that last one, it gives the mantis an ominous look 

And that seems like a nice ratio. Maybe you’ll be able to breed them.

 

[Bathory]

@River Dane Thank you! And I am planning on breeding them (more like leave them in their enclosure and hope they get jiggy) if they all make it to adulthood, which shouldn't be a problem since they are doing so great  

 

[CosbyArt]

Great to see they are doing well for you and are about evenly split on gender. Best of luck

 

[Bathory]

@CosbyArt Thank you! I had 3 of them molt in one week so I wanna say they are doing good  

 

[Teamonger]

Great group! Do you know what instar you can tell gender by the antenna? Or alternatively what instar is your smallest male? 

I also have a group going but Im fairly sure all 7 are female. There is only one that might not be.

 

[Bathory]

@Teamonger All of them are at least presub now, so I'd guess it's around that stage! Once the wing buds appeared the antennae got thicker  

 

[Bathory]

@Teamonger here he is when I got him and after his molt

 

[Teamonger]

@Bathory I am so jealous of that lovely green shade your boy has. So pretty, especially that pale green on his legs.

There is still hope for my maybe boy then as he's at least 2 maybe 3 molts behind the largest ladies who are sub-adult. I've been trying to cheer him on to molt but I don´t think he´s listening

 

[Bathory]

@Teamonger right? His colours are so pretty, all the others are pale brown/yellow so he really stands out!