L2 Tenodera sinensis

[GeorgeWillimont]

Hello I was just needing some help becuse I have just got 10 Tenodera sinensis nymphs and I want to keep a male and female or just a female. Im sure they are L2 and they are way to small to sex, Most look like they have 8 segments, But im not 100% sure. I know males have 8 and females have 6, If anyone can help me out sexing them at the size they are would help a bunch! Also they came from the same Oothecae but some are big and some are small, Is that antoher way of sexing their sizes?

cheers

George

 

[Rick]

Welcome to the forum. Please post a proper introduction in the introductions forum.

It is going to be very hard to tell a that age and I normally don't even worry about until a couple more molts have passed. You could try a magnifying glass.

 

[Krissim Klaw]

Yah, like Rick said it is going to be very hard to tell at that size, trust me, I've tried. Every time I would look at the little buggers I would change my mind. They are pretty easy to keep at that age so I would just hold on to a little batch of them till they've gotten larger.

 

[jarek]

at 2nd instar it is imposible to sex them because at that stage females also has 8 segments, after 4th moult the 6th segment covers the two last segments.