Got a lot of hugs and happy waves from students visiting for open house this evening. Seeing how tall some of them got over the summer got me like
It "looks" female to me by the overall shape, but I could be wrong. Males also have ridiculously long antennae.I think it's a male because of the wing to abdomen ratio but it never flew away which makes me wonder if it's a female who just has an unusually small abdomen
I think you're right, I just read that the wing/abdomen ratio isn't always indicative until a mantis is fully grown so perhaps she's just an adolescentIt "looks" female to me by the overall shape, but I could be wrong. Males also have ridiculously long antennae.
If you took any good pics of its abdomen, you could confirm its sex by counting its abdominal segments. Females have 6, while males have 8.
Very beautiful mantis friend regardless. Glad you got to spend time with them.