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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Mantidae » Stagmomantis » Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina)
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Male Mantid? - Stagmomantis carolina - female
Copyright © 2013 Scot Radowski

Male Mantid? - Stagmomantis carolina - Female
Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
October 5, 2013
Size: ~2 inches
Seems a bit late in the year for this to be an immature female, and I know some species of mantids have wingless males. What flavor of mantid is it and is it indeed a male? Stagmomantis carolina and Tenodera sinensis are both common around here, but neither quite matches this one. It is quite diminutive, as compared to several females I have seen recently.
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Contributed by Scot Radowski on 5 October, 2013 - 12:47pm

Stagmomantis carolina
This one is a female. It is late in the year for nymphs, but this does happen on occasion.
… John Stanard, 5 October, 2013 - 1:28pm login or register to post comments

 
I see ...
Thanks very much for the ID and correction on the gender. Is there an easy way to ID male versus female on mantids in general, or if not on this particular species?
… Scot Radowski, 5 October, 2013 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

 
IDing Sexes
Males have eight ventral abdominal segments and females have six. Since we don't get to see this view unless we handle them, there are general rules:

1. Females are larger than males.
2. Males have longer, thicker antennae than females.
3. Females have broader abdomens, even when not gravid.

In the case of Stagmomantis species, the males are skinny little runts; they don't appear to be the same species as the females.
… John Stanard, 5 October, 2013 - 4:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Okie dokie :D
Thanks very much, will keep these in mind going forward!
… Scot Radowski, 5 October, 2013 - 4:54pm login or register to post comments

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