L2 Orchid Mantis - Any guesses on ***?

[hannahaubreep]

Assuming he/she is about to moult

 

[Ax55]

Male orchid mantises have 8 abdominal segments while females have 6. In my opinion though, your mantis is too small to determine the *** at the moment. By the time it hits L4 it will be easy to determine the ***, as this is the stage where necklace color (brown for males, green for females) and the crown starts to develop (females develop pointy, green crowns while males lack one).

 

[hibiscusmile]

As he said, to small.