Sphodromantis sp. "Blue Flash"

[Psychobunny]

I'm having a very hard time telling the difference between the male and female at this age.

Can someone please give me some pointers

I have a whole bunch of these nymphs at home I'm not sure of as well.

I would be selling them if I only was sure of their sex!

I cant tell if that last segment at the end is one or two segments!!

 

[happy1892]

A magnifying glass would help.

 

[happy1892]

I want to get one to take videos of small insects.

 

[Psychobunny]

A magnifying glass would help.

I went out and got one with a little built-in LED.

Some of the pics you marked as male, look like females to me.

I have a hard time telling if the last tip section is one segment or 2!! I am looking for the seam which

would seperate it as one segment.

When they get older, I dont have a problem.

 

[happy1892]

I could not take a good picture of the female's segments. But I got a good pictures of the male.

Male L6 nymph. Males have 8 segments. Females have 6 segments.

Male L6 nymph. Males have 8 segments. Females have 6 segments.

 

[happy1892]

L6 nymphs.

Female.

Female.

Female.

Male.

Male.

Male. This one does not have a black spot. The female I have has a black spot.

Female.

Male.

Male.

 

[agent A]

Looks like u got some presubadults there!!!

 

[happy1892]

Yes, I think so.

 

[sinensispsyched]

My L4 blues already have their blue patterns!

Also, I had my blue flash on my finger, when my puppy walked by. The mantis pulled himself closer to my finger, and crawled to the top of my finger. Cool, huh.

 

[agent A]

Wats cooler is my subadult male multispina, whos so light I can see food going down his thorax when he eats

U have a puppy??? Post pics of him!!!

 

[minard734]

These are epic! I have some aswell!

 

[sinensispsyched]

It's not MY puppy, but a family puppy. He is a one-year border collie/ golden retriever mix, and we also have his smaller sister, who is just plain darling! :tt1: :wub: :kiss:

I agree with the *cool* multispina, post pics!

 

[happy1892]

All of these pictures might get deleted because I am going to delete them from my website. I am going to upload the pictures on the website again. I am organizing my website. I am going to make a page for each instar.

 

[happy1892]

I did not delete the pictures. I just moved the pictures to another page that people cannot see.

 

[happy1892]

Looks like u got some presubadults there!!!

The female is L8 now. I think she is sub or pre sub adult. The male is L8 now. I am pretty sure he is sub adult.

 

[sinensispsyched]

So they go up to L9?!

 

[gripen]

The female is L8 now. I think she is sub or pre sub adult. The male is L8 now. I am pretty sure he is sub adult.

L8 is sub for females and L7 is sub for males there is no L8 for males.

 

[happy1892]

Mine is L8. When I got him he was L2. But I am not sure.

 

[happy1892]

Gripen have you kept Blue Flash before?

 

[gripen]

i keep lineola which are as near as makes no difference the same species.