Is this one male or female?

[eyes]

Take a look at these pictures (sorry about not perfect quality; click to embiggen), I'm confused. It looks like 6 abdomen segments but maybe at the end there are several? The wings look long like a male.

This is my biggest one and the first to get to adult, if it's male then that likely means all of them are male. ######, how did that happen?!

 

[agent A]

female

 

[jrh3]

I say male. Female would have a wider abdomen.

 

[ShieldMantid1997]

I say male. Female would have a wider abdomen.

Yes, but loud at the end of the abdomen, it curves down bit, indicating female.

 

[jrh3]

Yes, but loud at the end of the abdomen, it curves down bit, indicating female.

true, true. Im used to sp. with females having short wings lol.

 

[eyes]

Whew, thanks. The length of the wings had me confused. I have a smaller thinner mantis that I hope is male so that I should give me a better idea of what the differences are once it gets to adult.

The abdomen will surely get fatter because she just finished molting and hasn't eaten much yet.

 

[MantidDan]

i started my mantids late so they are not even sub-adult yet

 

[eyes]

I noticed the mantises I released into the wild were only at L5 as of last week. They are probably L6 by now but still at least 2 molts behind the captive.

 

[MantidLord]

100% female. Not all species of mantids have females with reduced wings. Tenodera sp. and Mantis religiosa just to name a few. That's a female, so you're good.

 

[ismart]

100% female. Not all species of mantids have females with reduced wings. Tenodera sp. and Mantis religiosa just to name a few. That's a female, so you're good.

+1!

 

[Rick]

Female. I could tell without even clicking the pics. With a little experience you can tell gender of adults with just a glance.

 

[agent A]

Female. I could tell without even clicking the pics. With a little experience you can tell gender of adults with just a glance.

+1!! i can even sex brunneria borealis at L1 :tt2: