overflowin
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i hope this is good enough to ID (and hopefully sex) my mantis... thanks for any help Dr. Roy...
donnie
donnie
telson pic
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Gonodactylus
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N. wennerae. The large pair of blunt teeth are diagnostic.
Roy
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overflowin
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thanks alot...what is the max size of this species? Is there a way i can tell if its male or female?
donnie
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DensityMan
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At just under three inches I think s/he is probably near adult size, if not nearing 'max' size (from reading around here).
that same shot rotated about 90* to show the back half of the mantis from the side should be good to tell the sex. The male gonapods (there are two - one on each side) can be clearly seen off of one of the walking pairs of legs, while the female has two gonapores that cannot probably be seen at all without the aid of a microscope and a sedated/dead mantis. All from memory - checking Roy's comments on the subject after submitting...
that same shot rotated about 90* to show the back half of the mantis from the side should be good to tell the sex. The male gonapods (there are two - one on each side) can be clearly seen off of one of the walking pairs of legs, while the female has two gonapores that cannot probably be seen at all without the aid of a microscope and a sedated/dead mantis. All from memory - checking Roy's comments on the subject after submitting...
DensityMan
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The sex pic thread (http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=396646) shows extreme close-ups of the parts in question too...
I feel a little dirty...
I feel a little dirty...
