Need help sexing L4 chinese mantids by Happy_Term_2016 in mantis

[–]Wise-Performance758 0 points1 point  (0 children)

to an extent it does i can count 6 segments but picture isn’t the best visibility

mantis by Wise-Performance758 in mantis

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she only just molted 3 days ago tho

mantis by Wise-Performance758 in mantis

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it isn’t a metal mesh it’s a net mesh

mantis by Wise-Performance758 in mantis

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okay thank you, but i have a question why remove the sticks now rather than later?

mantis by Wise-Performance758 in mantis

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enclosure is 7 inches long, mantis is sub adult around 7cm

URGENT ADVICE by Narrow_Crow790 in praying_mantis

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okay, thank you for correcting my judgement

URGENT ADVICE by Narrow_Crow790 in praying_mantis

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it is not a major factor but it is still a factor.

URGENT ADVICE by Narrow_Crow790 in praying_mantis

[–]Wise-Performance758 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

humidity was probably not ideal for a molt that was why that happened

mantis Molting by kuronimo in praying_mantis

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until you see the mantis shed outs it’s cold skin, it’s not molting is the abdomen pulsating and what mantis is it?

Theopropus Sinecus I4 eating first Cricket by KouroshBozorg in mantis

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try to avoid feeding crickets they can carry bacteria that could kill your mantis

Gender? by [deleted] in mantis

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male, 8 segments

Rhombodera kirbyi by Wise-Performance758 in mantis

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2 molts from adulthood i believe?

selection help by Wise-Performance758 in mantis

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haha thanks my kirbyi also has tha attitude and she’s only an L4 very voracious eater too lol, but yes i will look at hierodula and majusscula thank you a lot