Sexing odontomantis planicep/ant mimic mantis

[C.way]

I have an odontomantis planicep molted into adult today, that makes up a pair of them since another one of mine molted into adult about a weeks ago, both were caught in the exact same location on 2 different day at 3pm sharp under red hot sun about a month ago, counting the part of their abdomen seems to be really challenging considering their tiny size, so would there be any other methods like differentiating by size or color? thanks

 

[yen_saw]

Hi C. I receievd your PM on this issue not sure if you received my reply so i will post it here too.

The Odontomantis planiceps from my stock generally shows size different between male and female 2 molts before adult. At subadult stage, female is visibly larger and almost green in color while the male still show dark color especially at the edge of the abdomen and also has a slightly longer pair of antennae.

Subadult female

Subadult male

Female is considerably larger compare to male at adult stage

Hope this help.

Edit: adult male is very small and never reached one inch

 

[hibiscusmile]

Nice post Yen And Happy Birthday!

 

[C.way]

thanks, got a pair now, waiting for the 3 weeks to pass on, then can try on to mate them

 

[khabirun]

thanks, got a pair now, waiting for the 3 weeks to pass on, then can try on to mate them

Good luck bro, wish you all the best, very interesting species you have there.

 

[C.way]

Good luck bro, wish you all the best, very interesting species you have there.

very common to me, found 2 hot spot to catch this sp. majority of what I caught can know be identified as male with the coloration, going to those hot spot to get some next few days, if you want any, just pm me, will spare you some if you want, else releasing

 

[sufistic]

very common to me, found 2 hot spot to catch this sp. majority of what I caught can know be identified as male with the coloration, going to those hot spot to get some next few days, if you want any, just pm me, will spare you some if you want, else releasing

Thanks for the offer bro but our O. planiceps ooth just hatched 2 days ago.

 

[Katnapper]

Thanks for the offer bro but our O. planiceps ooth just hatched 2 days ago.

Congrats!

 

[C.way]

congratulation, do mist them more often, found that they died real fast without misting

 

[sufistic]

Congrats!

Thanks Becky!

congratulation, do mist them more often, found that they died real fast without misting

Thanks C.way. I mist nymphs almost every day and their enclosure is well-ventilated. I first bred O. planiceps when I was 11 years old. They're easy to care for because they're very hardy. How many nymphs do you have now?

 

[yen_saw]

very common to me, found 2 hot spot to catch this sp. majority of what I caught can know be identified as male with the coloration, going to those hot spot to get some next few days, if you want any, just pm me, will spare you some if you want, else releasing

C, are the males still nymphs? If you need more adult males try checking out under the lamp post at night near the 'hot spots' might get lucky.

Thanks for the offer bro but our O. planiceps ooth just hatched 2 days ago.

Congrate Shaik, time to kill more fruit flies!

 

[C.way]

got quite a number of male before this, release most of them to my back yard(short of food supply), where I found an ooth of their kind there(stick on my window, my very first ooth and mantis), keeping 2 at the moment, one sub adult and one adult, I found that males are way more common than female from what I caught, so now I end up having 2 males and a female.

have been very busy lately to get a part time job, but failing to get one means that I'm forced back to home town now, where I'll be out for some mantis hunt around tomorrow, first day of 2010

 

[yen_saw]

got quite a number of male before this, release most of them to my back yard(short of food supply), where I found an ooth of their kind there(stick on my window, my very first ooth and mantis), keeping 2 at the moment, one sub adult and one adult, I found that males are way more common than female from what I caught, so now I end up having 2 males and a female.have been very busy lately to get a part time job, but failing to get one means that I'm forced back to home town now, where I'll be out for some mantis hunt around tomorrow, first day of 2010

You have your new year resolution now C best of luck getting both, part time job + finding mantis.

 

[C.way]

You have your new year resolution now C best of luck getting both, part time job + finding mantis.

maybe, 1 pair of long neck plus being forced to work since i failed to get one of my choice