My First Mantid!!!

[kmsgameboy]

Hey guys...I havent been around for a while but I just got my first mantid and so I just HAD to stop in and post my photos! I found this little beauty on July 4th while mowing the lawn. I believe its a female Chinese Mantis??? (L4-5 maybe?) Let me know your thoughts on both the photos and the mantid! Thanks and ENJOY!

Note: Can anyone confirm that this is a Chinese Mantid? Im not as concerned about the sex as I have only one so I cant breed it. Im fairly sure that it IS female thoguh. (6 segments on abdomen)

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[beckyl92]

aw shes cute!

 

[revmdn]

Welcome back.

 

[hibiscusmile]

we need to see underneath to give opinion on sex, this goes for all mantis!

 

[ismart]

It looks like a female to me, but with out a pic of it's abdomin underneath it's to hard to tell for sure.

 

[Rick]

I found one like that the other day. I can't tell what the gender is based on your pics.

 

[ABbuggin]

It looks like a female to me, but with out a pic of it's abdomin underneath it's to hard to tell for sure.

Same here.

 

[AmandaLynn]

It looks like a Chinese mantis to me.

 

[kmsgameboy]

It looks like a Chinese mantis to me.

Thanks for your help!