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How exactly do you tell the gender of a mantis?
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<blockquote data-quote="Termite48" data-source="post: 254768" data-attributes="member: 3822"><p>One of the best ways to tell the female from the male is looking at the underside of the abdomen. I forget about counting segments, and just compare the width of the abdomen between the various nymphs. If you have only one mantis, it is not going to work (comparing). That is unless you have some decent pictures to go by. The last segment of the abdomen is going almost the entire width of the abdomen's widest point. On the male, the last segment crosses the abdomen at a much narrower point. I cannot explain any easier than that. If you have a few to several of the same species at the same Stage (eg. L-3, L-4), you can easily see the wide ones (last segment) vs. the narrow ones (last segment). I hope this helps a little.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Termite48, post: 254768, member: 3822"] One of the best ways to tell the female from the male is looking at the underside of the abdomen. I forget about counting segments, and just compare the width of the abdomen between the various nymphs. If you have only one mantis, it is not going to work (comparing). That is unless you have some decent pictures to go by. The last segment of the abdomen is going almost the entire width of the abdomen's widest point. On the male, the last segment crosses the abdomen at a much narrower point. I cannot explain any easier than that. If you have a few to several of the same species at the same Stage (eg. L-3, L-4), you can easily see the wide ones (last segment) vs. the narrow ones (last segment). I hope this helps a little. [/QUOTE]
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