Mantis religiosa (European praying mantis)

[Hasek]

My mantis religiosa growing up :wink:

Finally looking like a real mantis 8)

Adult

Is it a she or a he? :roll:

 

[robo mantis]

Congrats its a girl

 

[athicks]

Oh, so small! So cute!

 

[jmac27]

I have three L3s right now! Finally found some.

 

[Asa]

Europeans aren't exactly my favorite :roll: But I like the spot under the arm.

 

[padkison]

Picked these up in Western PA last week

 

[Asa]

Nice shade of green.

 

[Hasek]

Hello!

It's me again... I don't know how to s3x Mantid religiosa , so can you please tell me if this is male or female?

I'm sorry for bad pictures... :roll:

 

[robo mantis]

Congrats its a girl!

 

[Hasek]

This one too?

Why don't I have luck to get a male?!?

 

[robo mantis]

i'm cursed with males!

 

[Hasek]

Are you 100% sure that this is a female? They look like males to me, both of them... And here are more pictures:

How does a male look like? Pictures of adult male, please...

 

[robo mantis]

Definatly females

 

[MikhailsDinos]

Beautiful mantis!!

 

[Rick]

Female. They dont' look anything like males. Check out this post: http://www.mantidforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7110

 

[Hasek]

Now I see the diference. I didn't find any picture of religiosa male on internet, so I didn't have anything to compare with.

Now I will know how to s3x them :wink:

Thank you very much for help and s3x identification.

Nina

 

[padkison]

Adult Male

 

[Hasek]

Today I got a very nice and tiny male I tried to get them to breed, but they didn't want to. I'll try in a few days again. And some pictures:

Male:

Female:

Oh and can a brown female breed with green male? ;-)

 

[padkison]