They have a distinctive dark spot on the femur of each raptorial foreleg.

Females have short wings that only cover half of the abdomen, whereas males have wings that cover the full length of the abdomen.

[3] Males sometimes have yellow triangular markings on the underside of the abdomen.

[citation needed] Females cannot fly[1] due to their very reduced wings but the flying male[1] is long winged and is not as big as the female.

Additionally, starving females put their limited resources into putting out pheromones to attract males as a way to lure them into a copulation attempt, despite being less fecund than female mantises in better condition.