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Mantid Discussions
Breeding & Nymph Care
Help with sex/age IDs? (H. membranacea)
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<blockquote data-quote="hysteresis" data-source="post: 339000" data-attributes="member: 11064"><p>If it was L2 or L3 when purchased, one molt would make it L3 or L4. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Yup, hard to tell from the top.</p><p></p><p>Females have 6 sternites (abdominal segment, counted from underneath) whereas males have 8.</p><p></p><p>At the tip of the abdomen, males have the two cerci PLUS two styli just under them.</p><p></p><p>Females lack the cerci, but have an ovipositior. Small details at either instar, but maybe with a lighted magnifier</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/qfe4etijru3y117/ovipositor.JPG?raw=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hysteresis, post: 339000, member: 11064"] If it was L2 or L3 when purchased, one molt would make it L3 or L4. Yup, hard to tell from the top. Females have 6 sternites (abdominal segment, counted from underneath) whereas males have 8. At the tip of the abdomen, males have the two cerci PLUS two styli just under them. Females lack the cerci, but have an ovipositior. Small details at either instar, but maybe with a lighted magnifier [IMG]https://www.dropbox.com/s/qfe4etijru3y117/ovipositor.JPG?raw=1[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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