Orchid Mantis Sexing (better pictures hopefully)

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bonsaimaster1

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Hope these are better pictures. Please help in determining which is male and which is female. Thank you!

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Those are definitely female. The males never have those notches in the subgenital plate since that becomes part of the structure of the ovipositor.

 

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