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Thank you! And it’s actually just my IPhone XS. I’ve had it for a while and have only just really started to realise how good the camera is.    Glad you like them 😁

Absolutely the point I’m making 🙂

oh yeah absolutely, but that why I said that there's most likely a genetic component. All I am arguing is that there is possibly an environmental component too. Obviously none of the stuff we have talked about actually proves anything. So many variables that haven't been brought into consideration.

I'll be interested to see the outcome. I'm currently doing an experiment with a change in perch colouration with a whole ootheca too. Not in any way big enough to actually prove anything but interesting nonetheless. I'd love to hear from @MantisGirl13about her results. 

What were your findings? Hardly a large enough sample group to completely rule it out though, plus you would need a control group to compare your findings against. I’m not saying I’m definitely right in any sense, but important to keep open when it hasn’t been empirically proven either way 😊...

This little guy is our first thistle (Blepharopsos medica) male to moult. He is currently two days post moult so has not completely gained all his colouration yet.

That’s very interesting. How big was your group that you studied?

A little hint. If you get a light coloured ghost and keep them slightly more humid (misting every day) they are more likely to turn out green as an adult if they are female.

The variation in ghost colouration is one of the things that makes me love them so much. These are three of the females we are holding back from our oothecae. They all came from the same ootheca and have been kept together under the same conditions.

Hey there! We recently had two deals unfortunately fail. For some context we had three males and one female which we raised from L2. We miss-timed our maturing and ended up with two of the males maturing with a pre sub female. We wanted to trade anyway to ensure we introduced some new genetics...

We are Joel and Theo,  two hobby breeders who have found joy and wonder in our iconic invertebrates. It all started with one Orchid mantis (cliche we know) and from there we have gone on to care for, breed dozens of species including orchids, ghosts, malaysian flowers, giant australian, thistles...