Sexing ghost mantids

[mantidsandgeckos]

Can you sex ghost mantis nymphs by looking at the things on their heads?

 

[Empiu]

Can you sex ghost mantis nymphs by looking at the things on their heads?

Nope.

You can sex them by their pronotum shape and by counting the number of segments from below ( felame has 6, male 8)

 

[hibiscusmile]

I do beleive you can, someone I know breeds them and he says you can tell by looking at the thorax.

 

[pedro92]

A female has a wide almost straight head crown. A male has a thin squiggly crown.

Here are links

Male-http://www.flickr.com/photos/thorhakonsen/2225881293/

Female-http://www.flickr.com/photos/thorhakonsen/2196260382/

Also males have thick antennaes and females have thin short antenna.

 

[pedro92]

Nope. You can sex them by their pronotum shape and by counting the number of segments from below ( felame has 6, male 8)

Sorry to put it this way but you are wrong see the links above and then see the difference lol. You can also sex by the abdomen segments but crown and antenna are easier.

 

[mantidsandgeckos]

I mean for like L3-4 nymphs.I have 2 that look like they have 8 segments but the crown and thorax look like female... :huh:

 

[Empiu]

Sorry to put it this way but you are wrong see the links above and then see the difference lol. You can also sex by the abdomen segments but crown and antenna are easier.

Yes, now I can see the difference All in all IMO it is the easiest to sex by pronotum shape

 

[Empiu]

I mean for like L3-4 nymphs.I have 2 that look like they have 8 segments but the crown and thorax look like female... :huh:

Make photos, we'll help.

 

[mantidsandgeckos]

Hi, can any of you post pics of male ghost mantis nymph?L2-3.Thaanks!

 

[c81kennedy]

How the heck do you count the segments? Here is a pic of what I think is a female because of small antni.

 

[Paradoxica]

Yep, adult female. (adult males are never green)

 

[c81kennedy]

Is it possible to get all females from an ooth.