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Old 01-29-2008, 06:45 PM   #1
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How can you tell sex?

I was wondering, I have seen a post or 2 declaring their mantis a female or a male, and wonder how you tell??
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Old 01-30-2008, 10:05 AM   #2
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Peek under their skirt???
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Old 01-30-2008, 07:48 PM   #4
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Aw, c'mon, guys!! I need to know how to determnine gender on my mantis ... please?!?!
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It looks like there are over 200 sub species found commonly in the aquarium industry. From what I can tell there are differences from species to species regarding sexing...

Might want to start herehttp://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthrop...raca/royslist/
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