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Mantid Discussions
Breeding & Nymph Care
Long intro, then mating questions.
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<blockquote data-quote="LGMS" data-source="post: 7464" data-attributes="member: 239"><p>Thanks for the reply Rick.</p><p></p><p>&gt; females abdomen will be larger and much wider</p><p></p><p>Yes, all the pics I've seen show this but does this visual giveaway occur early on in their growth or later after the full wings develop?</p><p></p><p>Mine are all slender. I only saw one mantid that looked a bit fuller in the abdomen area and that was via binoculars not up close.</p><p></p><p>&gt;we don't know what species you have</p><p></p><p>Feel confident it's a Chinese mantid from all the pics I've seen of them.</p><p></p><p>I'll keep looking in the same area for the females. Guess I have 8 males now, added 4 more 2day. Clouds instead of sun may have kept the grasshoppers off the tops of the plants, they stayed lower down. All the mantids were found at the same level. Yesterday they all were higher up on the plants, interesting.</p><p></p><p>Rgds,</p><p></p><p>Louis</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LGMS, post: 7464, member: 239"] Thanks for the reply Rick. > females abdomen will be larger and much wider Yes, all the pics I've seen show this but does this visual giveaway occur early on in their growth or later after the full wings develop? Mine are all slender. I only saw one mantid that looked a bit fuller in the abdomen area and that was via binoculars not up close. >we don't know what species you have Feel confident it's a Chinese mantid from all the pics I've seen of them. I'll keep looking in the same area for the females. Guess I have 8 males now, added 4 more 2day. Clouds instead of sun may have kept the grasshoppers off the tops of the plants, they stayed lower down. All the mantids were found at the same level. Yesterday they all were higher up on the plants, interesting. Rgds, Louis [/QUOTE]
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Long intro, then mating questions.
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