Questions about praying mantis....?

Question

so i've found this mantis on the tree. i think it's an ordinary, so called european maintis or praying mantis, it's 4 cm, green. it has a very small wings (or something like a wing). i have several questions so please answers each of them, i'm really interested because i want to keep it as a pet insect

1. how long can this european mantis live?

2. is it male or female, how can i tell that?

i think it's a female, because as i've already mentioned it has no wings

3. is it a mantis nymph?

i think it's too big for a mantis nymph

please answer them, thanks a lot

Answer 1

1.The mantis may live from 6 months to a year max.

2. The female is usually larger than the male its abdomen is especially heavy, if it eats another one when they mate its definitely female) wing size does is not relevant to this.

3. The mantis is going through a series of sub adult stages during which its wings get bigger and bigger until it is able to fly in its final adult stage.  

Answer 2

1 2-3 Months

2 Look

3 No

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Let it go. If you dont its gonna be dead in like a week.