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Male Or Female....HELP!!!

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   DreDay17
   

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   Posted 1 year ago
   Mon Jan 2 2012 18:34:34
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   I just found this bed bug on the wall and had trouble telling whether it was male of female. The quality sucks but i was wondering if someone could tell me

   http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/255/bedbug004.jpg
   http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/7615/bedbug001.jpg
   http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/4587/bedbug003.jpg

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   Posted 1 year ago
   Mon Jan 2 2012 18:35:15
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   oooo...and from what i heard and seen it looks to be female based on its stomach....

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   Mon Jan 2 2012 19:20:05
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   Dear Dre,

   If you can get a 10x lens or higher magnification and look at the under (ventral) side of the abdomen toward the right side (your left side whilst viewing) and about 1/4 the way up the abdomen from the distal tip you should see an inverted "vee shape" whcih leaves the bottom end of the sclerite (shell) open. This is the area where the male penetrates during traumatic insemination.

   "Vee present" = female.

   Hope this helps ! paul b.

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   Posted 1 year ago
   Mon Jan 2 2012 19:52:17
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   The one thing that always confuses me is that people say that the female is bigger then the male...or is more oval shaped. When i looked on the underside of it i saw a kind of a clear spot going up the middle of its abdomen. Plus from the shape of it and the tip I came to the conclusion that it was a adult female.

   Ah....a good thing and bad at the same time.

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   Tue Jan 3 2012 3:07:34
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   Can't really judge those pictures but from my PC I would guess that it's a male.

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   I agree KQ but with those photos I didn't want to make a guess.

   Have you posted the "rest of the story" yet?

   I've been away and didn't want to miss it, please advise, thanks much ! pb

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   P Bello - 1 minute ago  » 
   I agree KQ but with those photos I didn't want to make a guess.
   Have you posted the "rest of the story" yet?
   I've been away and didn't want to miss it, please advise, thanks much ! pb

   I'll get on that in a few ... =)

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   OK, good. I was afraid I missed it and wouldn't be able to find it.

   Thx ! pb

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