Black eyes

[nebrakacinese]

Hi eveyone,I have a question today,it seems as overnight one of my chinese L4 pretty sure of,developed black etes,this happened a few years back,and I think it was either getting ready to molt or the humidty was to high.He/She fed aggressively yesterday,but does'nt seem to hungry today.I take that back he just grabbed a cricket,so any one ever encountered black eyes on a chinese before and know what it means? Thanks

 

[Norlin]

I've read that sometimes they'll rub up against or run into the side of clear containers or screens and this someone contributes to them developing the black eyes (something gets rubbed off the surface of their eyes?) and it goes away with the next molt until they rub it again.

Oh, and btw, several of my Chinese have black eyes, though not all

 

[gripen]

They turn dark at night and light in the day.

 

[nebrakacinese]

Thanks alot,I was staring to go through all famliar mantis stress

 

[sueb4653]

My 2 chinese just molted last night and this morning both of their eyes where black before molt and have now gone back to green after molting

 

[nebrakacinese]

Mine has'nt molt yet but i'm sure it will