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They can be rich pink, too:

Hello. I found some pictures of yellow colored Orchid mantises. I asked a person from Indonesia that had yellow colored Orchid mantises about whether it was genetic or environmental that causes them to become yellow. He said it was genetic. He also said that the yellow color isn't rare with...

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I ordered Orchid mantis nymphs from MantidKingdom and just received them today. They were all alive and well on arrival! Thank you very much Deshawn!

I haven't had a P. wahlbergii nymph that pink yet. I have seen a few that were slightly pink at L5, but then they would loose the pinkness as they got older, just like what you said happened with yours.

Would the UV light attract insects they eat? I read about the Orchid mantis actually attracting insects better than the flowers.

The Spiny flower mantises seems to change color to match its surrounding color. I think they do it over a few days just after molting because I had one nymph I placed into a container with a dark ootheca soon after molting, and it turned an unusually dark color close to the color of the dark...

That is true! In person the colors of animals are more vibrant. Especially lavender colored things, I think.

Ah. That is too bad. So this species may not turn that bright purple.

Hello. I have some Texas unicorn mantis L2 nymphs that I would like to trade or sale. Edit: I lowered the price. They are $6 each, or $4 each if you buy 7 or more. The Texas unicorn mantis is said to be a communal species. I also have Spiny flower mantis nymphs that I could trade with...

This is a great experiment. I am curious whether Orchid mantises or other species that are considered hard to breed will do better with fruit flies gut loaded with bee pollen.

Yes, it is very pretty. It is actually a Devils flower mantis, not an Orchid mantis. I love their wing patterns.

I ordered some house flies from Rebecca about a week ago. Her prices are very good for flies! I can't find any other places as cheap as mantisplace for houseflies. The housefly pupae I left out at room temperature are hatching and I am feeding them to my mantises now. The rest I am keeping in...

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Haha. I heard water is poisonous, too. It is just that you need a lot of water to be poisoned.

What are you feeding it? Maybe something she ate made her sick.

I don't think so. Now that I search on Google "Theopropus elegans", they are mostly orange winged. But you can see in this article pictures of different Theopropus species with clear hindwings...

Hi. I have seen photos of orange winged "Theopropus elegans" online () (https://www.alamy.com/stock-image-flower-mantis-male-on-tip-of-finger-theopropus-elegans-praying-mantis-167521865.html), but here the Theopropus elegans is said to have transparent or opaque hindwings...

I found a photo on Facebook of a purple colored Blepharopsis mendica:

Great question! I am sorry, but I don't know the answer to this. It would be cool though if being kept communally changed their growth rate! I have had some Ghost mantises slow down in growth very much when I kept them cooler at around 70F. I kept them each in their own container, not...