Male Indian?

[lele]

I know they are rare - anyone have a pic or link to one? I either have one or a rather deformed female. I need new batteries but will get a pic ASAP. This one is sub adult, but here/his abdomen looks like all the male of other species I have.

lele

[Ian]

Lele, I've never seen one personally, nor have I seen photos online, nor have I heard of anyone owning one!

Would be interesting to see your pic.

[Longy]

I read it's a 1 in 1000 chance of getting a male Indian. So they are REALLY rare. Apparently they have a red underside and are long and thin. I got this infromation from a website which I thought looked quite reliable.


EDIT
Found the link!
http://www.small-life.co.uk/page1.html

[AlienMarky]

Some photos here (http://www.phasma.eu/rechts/kweeklijst/PSG1.htm) - from the 4th one down

[robsorchids]

they do exsist, in fact someone was selling some on ebay a few months ago, however even though they occur, they dont appear to actualy mate, and are therefore quite useless!
i think this means this species is naturaly parthenogenetic and has evolved to be that way.

rob

[Ben.M]

I use to hav a male when i had loads of indians, but i never noticed and then i gave them all away ,he never mated any of my females from what i saw

[Ian]

Wow, I'd never of though that was a Morosus in those photos.

[robsorchids]

indeed, there is no real point to search for them as they wont breed, but i suppose they could be intresting to observe

rob

[lele]

Wow! I'm here in the middle of the day :)
Here are the pics of mine - it is a sub adult. It's abdominal tip just looks oddly swollen, more like my male asperrimus or schultei.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3123/2395719979_1c42a16460_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2095/2395719489_677a79b19c_b.jpg

this next one is a bit blurry

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2049/2395719723_a19563f422_b.jpg

[Ian]

Hmm, I can't work out if that could be a male compared to those photos, or if it's an oddly shaped female.

Does he have red on his underside?

[AlienMarky]

It looks like a female with a slightly twisted abdomen i'm afraid :(

[Ben.M]

I would agree with Mark,but if ur still not sure why not isolate her in her own tank and see if she(or he) lays any eggs, surly if she does then u will know:D


Ben.M

[Ian]

Yea, the eggs will be the definite answer for sure!

[Ross]

Here is a male indian stick insesct with a female for comparison, this should clear things up a bit. Size alone, and the swelling at the base of the abdomen means youll know for sure if its a male.

[lele]

It looks like a female with a slightly twisted abdomen i'm afraid :(

Yup, I think you're right. it may be the one that her butt stcuk in the egg. I can't remember if she died, I think she made it so this would make sense.

[lele]

Here is a male indian stick insesct with a female for comparison, this should clear things up a bit. Size alone, and the swelling at the base of the abdomen means youll know for sure if its a male.

Cool photo! Did they actually mate?

[Morpheus_UK]

Doubt it all males in this species are infertile arent they?

[Ian]

Awesome photo Ross! That gives a fantastic comparison.
Shame to see she died Lele... ah well, plenty more when that girl came from ;)