There are females which can be as colorful as males.
Although they are not the norm they're around just the
same. But, a male mimic female will not show a male
like pattern or black points until she is adult in size. So
if you're so called female is already showing some
yellow back color/pattern already at a subadult size,
there's a good chance that it is a male. If it produces
eggs then this theory goes out the window ... lol.

Here's a couple of shots of a male mimic female
which produced some nice babies for me some
years ago. I guess the proof is in the pudding ... or
in this case, the egg!

John

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