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[FeedTheAnts]

Size: Medium, still a nymph(I think)

Distinguishing characteristics: They hate me and love to torture me

If you know, please tell me what gender they are(there are two different ones btw)

 

Edited by TennesseeAnts, September 25 2017 - 4:39 PM.

[gcsnelling]

Looks rather like a Carolina mantis to me.

[Zeiss]

The one showing the abdomen is a female.  Female mantids tend to have 5-6 abdominal segments whilst males have 7-8.  

Edited by Zeiss, September 25 2017 - 6:41 PM.

[yen_saw]

It's adult female not a nymph.

[Zeiss]

It's adult female not a nymph.

Yeah, only adults have full wing sets.

[FeedTheAnts]

welp, I put them together and this is what happened...

I guess it is true that they eat their mate

At least I've now got an egg sac to keep till next spring

Edited by TennesseeAnts, September 26 2017 - 6:40 AM.

[antaioli]

Wow that was fast! Thanks for sharing

[T.C.]

Well, did they mate first?

[Salmon]

Well, did they mate first?

The one being eaten is also a female. But the remaining female probably already mated in the wild given that she laid an ooth so soon.

[T.C.]

 

Well, did they mate first?

The one being eaten is also a female. But the remaining female probably already mated in the wild given that she laid an ooth so soon.

 

Ah, missed that they where both females. Didn't read the part on the first thread where he said they were two different mantids.

[FeedTheAnts]

 

 

Well, did they mate first?

The one being eaten is also a female. But the remaining female probably already mated in the wild given that she laid an ooth so soon.

 

Ah, missed that they where both females. Didn't read the part on the first thread where he said they were two different mantids.

 

Oh, I had thought that they mated, ant that the one being eaten was a male(you know, they behead the male). I wasn't aware that they were both females.

[T.C.]

 

 

 

Well, did they mate first?

The one being eaten is also a female. But the remaining female probably already mated in the wild given that she laid an ooth so soon.

 

Ah, missed that they where both females. Didn't read the part on the first thread where he said they were two different mantids.

 

Oh, I had thought that they mated, ant that the one being eaten was a male(you know, they behead the male). I wasn't aware that they were both females.

 

Yeah, but it may have mated prior to you catching it. However they will lay ooth, regardless of being fertile or not. You will just have to wait and see I guess.

[FeedTheAnts]

 

 

 

 

Well, did they mate first?

The one being eaten is also a female. But the remaining female probably already mated in the wild given that she laid an ooth so soon.

 

Ah, missed that they where both females. Didn't read the part on the first thread where he said they were two different mantids.

 

Oh, I had thought that they mated, ant that the one being eaten was a male(you know, they behead the male). I wasn't aware that they were both females.

 

Yeah, but it may have mated prior to you catching it. However they will lay ooth, regardless of being fertile or not. You will just have to wait and see I guess.

 

Oh, so ooth is a word, I thought Salmon might have just made a typo

[T.C.]

First time mantid keeper by any chance?

[FeedTheAnts]

First time mantid keeper by any chance?

Waaaa, how did you know?! Oh, and btw, it is mantis, not mantid. get it right dood. lol

Edited by TennesseeAnts, September 26 2017 - 10:42 AM.

[T.C.]

 

First time mantid keeper by any chance?

Waaaa, how did you know?! Oh, and btw, it is mantis, not mantid, haha.

 

hahaha, joke is on you. Mantid is another term for mantis.

 

Poor, uneducated child.

[Zeiss]

 

Waaaa, how did you know?! Oh, and btw, it is mantis, not mantid, haha.

hahaha, joke is on you. Mantid is another term for mantis.

 

Poor, uneducated child.

There are two ways of calling them what they are.  Mantid and mantis are both singular versions of the same thing, while mantids is the only plural.  Some people say mantises, but it doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.   

[FeedTheAnts]

 

 

Waaaa, how did you know?! Oh, and btw, it is mantis, not mantid, haha.

hahaha, joke is on you. Mantid is another term for mantis.

 

Poor, uneducated child.

There are two ways of calling them what they are.  Mantid and mantis are both singular versions of the same thing, while mantids is the only plural.  Some people say mantises, but it doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.   

 

Guys, I was being sarcastic... I may not know much about mantids but I do know how to say it correctly.

[gcsnelling]

Actually "ooth" is not a proper word, the appropriate term is ootheca.

[T.C.]

Actually "ooth" is not a proper word, the appropriate term is ootheca.

Ah, yeah. That's what happens when the whole mantid community calls it ooth. It kind of sticks to a guy.