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<blockquote data-quote="minomantis" data-source="post: 321381" data-attributes="member: 6680"><p>[USER=11034]@ohaple[/USER] I agree with you!</p><p></p><p>I do think that there is a level that the general surroundings do play.</p><p></p><p>How I think about it is if a mantis is in a green patch, it will be green because I think there is a basic function in their brain that tells them it is surrounded by green and they should turn green and the same from brown. I feel though when we raise mantids we surround them with colors that they aren't typically around ( whites or colors of random household items) so then their genes take over and they express something that may just resemble "neutral" colors or whatever their parents were.</p><p></p><p>Going back to Chinese mantids, the ones I find near my house are usually green all the way up until their final molt and then they usually turn brown and that's because the previous generations before them have survived on this color adaptation so "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" there's no need to change (lots of growth in the spring dead brown leaves in fall, makes sense). </p><p></p><p>Of course many variables go into a mantids color, but I do think there are very basic, heck even complex (I don't know lol) functions happening in their brain that aid in color change. Maybe shades come from intensity of sun, color comes from what they see and humidity, pattern comes from genes. So many options. lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="minomantis, post: 321381, member: 6680"] [USER=11034]@ohaple[/USER] I agree with you! I do think that there is a level that the general surroundings do play. How I think about it is if a mantis is in a green patch, it will be green because I think there is a basic function in their brain that tells them it is surrounded by green and they should turn green and the same from brown. I feel though when we raise mantids we surround them with colors that they aren't typically around ( whites or colors of random household items) so then their genes take over and they express something that may just resemble "neutral" colors or whatever their parents were. Going back to Chinese mantids, the ones I find near my house are usually green all the way up until their final molt and then they usually turn brown and that's because the previous generations before them have survived on this color adaptation so "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" there's no need to change (lots of growth in the spring dead brown leaves in fall, makes sense). Of course many variables go into a mantids color, but I do think there are very basic, heck even complex (I don't know lol) functions happening in their brain that aid in color change. Maybe shades come from intensity of sun, color comes from what they see and humidity, pattern comes from genes. So many options. lol [/QUOTE]
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