is this a female Heterochaeta

[massaman]

Can anyone tell me if this would be a male or female Heterochaeta?I cant tell the difference and got like 8 of these and they all look the same

 

[yen_saw]

Paul, try look at the last few segments.

Female in general larger and has shorter/thinner antenna. I have recently posted up the method to determine their gender and confusion about Heterochaeta occidentalis and Heterochaeta sp. There are more photos to tell them apart. See the following link.

http://www.usamantis.com/03-02-11Heterochaeta_sp.html