is this one a female or male

[Bill Pham]

i can't still tell which is which. so help me out please.

Bill

 

[asdsdf]

Male. (I think)

 

[Rick]

Too small to tell IMO.

 

[Bill Pham]

lol one say male and one say too small to tell. well i try to get a shot of the rear in focus. guess i'll wait till next week and see what happen. and thanks for clarifying instar.

Bill

 

[tier]

Well, you do not need better pictures, but older nymphs.

What you can see on the picture is definitively LOOKING LIKE a male for 100%, but all very young nymphs look like males ;-) If you have nymphs the same age with an already developed genital plate, than you can say the picture is showing a male. But if all nymphs are looking like the one on the picture without a developed genital plate, is doesn't say all are males. Some will look like females some moltings later.

Can you post pictures like the picture number 2 (abdomen) of all your mantids so we can maybe compare them?

regards

 

[macro junkie]

i see 6 segments?

 

[macro junkie]

Can you post pictures like the picture number 2 (abdomen) of all your mantids so we can maybe compare them?regards

he only has 1 i think..hes just started keping them.

 

[yen_saw]

My guess is male as well