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She is just the cutest thing ever! And I love this picture.

I have been learning in my Biology class about how the environment can influence gene expression. It's called phenotypic plasticity or polyphenism. For example a snail will have a different shell shape if it is raised with a sunfish predator versus if it is raised with a crayfish predator based...

@ Rick: It's definitely not something that used to be there. She eats normally, though. @Ntsees: It does look very similar. I wonder if that's what it is...

Holy ######! This is so incredibly cool! I want to do something like this SO BAD. I don't care if I have to deal with 100 million mosquitoes or leeches or bad hygiene or anything else. Is this your actual JOB?? What are the requirements? Is being a Bio major the right way to go? How athletic do...

Took some better pics.. close-up:

My S. Lineola looked just like that. Sometimes she was even fatter! I wouldn't worry about it. Here's a pic to compare....

I tried to take a picture of it, but it didn't come out very good. It's brownish-orange with black specks. At first I thought it meant she was going to die, but she has had it for a couple of weeks now and seems fine. I thought it could be some kind of parasite (like a ribbonworm), but I can't...

Oh ok. :P I have found some in the wild before. A religiosa female in the woods once, and one I only remember vaguely from when I was little which I kept as a pet. Oh, I also found a little grass mantid (Thesprotia graminis) the same day I found the walking stick. I kept him for awhile and he...

Thank you everyone! Hertarem45- I found him in the middle of a field of thigh-high brown grass, too. I can't believe I spotted him- it was incredible. hibiscusmile-they've been adults since about July. I got them as 2nd-3rd instar in May. Rick- Yeah, my dad named him "Rick the Stick" lol Ryan...

Oh I also found an Indian Walking Stick whom I named Rick. Here's a picture of Rick. He's a chill guy generally but once something startles him he's start RUNNING and when he gets to a gap (ex. at the end of my hand) his arms will start waving frantically looking for something to grab onto...

Hi, I've been lurking around for a while and I think it's time to introduce myself. I'm 21 year-old female Bio/studio art major at FSU. One day I plan to be a ethologist (studying animal behavior). I have two mantids currently: a green ghost named Olive and a Euchomenella named Piccolo. I used...