Color Changing/Adapting Mantids?

[Xenomantis]

I was reading another post when the topic of inducing color adaption came up. How do you do this, and what species most often adapt? Does anyone have examples? Does anyone know how it happens?

Sorry, just curious.

 

[Rick]

In my experience you can't make mantids change colors. Some do change colors when they molt.

 

[Katnapper]

Continuing debate on this subject, and lots of people trying to change color with different techniques. If you do a forum search including words like "color change," "experiment," "colour change," etc. you'll come up with a lot of threads discussing the subject. Here are some:

http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?sh...ic=3837&hl=

http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?sh...ic=2876&hl=

http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?sh...ic=2491&hl=

http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?sh...ic=1541&hl=

 

[yen_saw]

.......and what species most often adapt? .....Sorry, just curious.

Pseudocreobotra spp are great species in color adaptation.

 

[Xenomantis]

That's so cool! I wonder how they do it...

Thanks for the responses guys!

 

[Katnapper]

Pseudocreobotra spp are great species in color adaptation.

Great pics, Yen! They're beautiful! Are those P. wahlbergii? Some of mine are pink/purple, and now getting a little more lilac colored as they grow. I hope they get as colorful as these. Did you do anything intentional to try to change or determine their color?

 

[Rick]

Very cool Yen. I didn't really think it possible and I have tried but only with a few kinda of mantids. You have proven it to take place at least with those.

 

[yen_saw]

Great pics, Yen! They're beautiful! Are those P. wahlbergii? Some of mine are pink/purple, and now getting a little more lilac colored as they grow. I hope they get as colorful as these. Did you do anything intentional to try to change or determine their color?

yes it is PW. In this case, no one intentionally change the color of this mantis, it is the mantis itself. the pic was from a friend in South Africa it was wild caught.

Very cool Yen. I didn't really think it possible and I have tried but only with a few kinda of mantids. You have proven it to take place at least with those.

Yeah it is understandable i guess that flower mantis adapt to the surrounding color for better camouflage. which probably explain why most mantis are green.

 

[wuwu]

here's one of my males that i kept a couple years back. he was so pink!

 

[Xenomantis]

This is awesome! Has anyone actually experimented to see if they could influence a color shift? Was anyone successful?

 

[Katnapper]

here's one of my males that i kept a couple years back. he was so pink!

That's great wuwu... he's really handsome in pink! I have a couple that were really pink like that in the younger instars... but their colors have changed with each successive molt, and they are now more white, green, and lilac/pink.

Xeno.... Yes, there have been lots of people interested in it, and experiments done. Use the Search feature with the terms "color change" etc., and you'll find lots of threads on it.

 

[kamakiri]

here's one of my males that i kept a couple years back. he was so pink!

Wow...that's freaking cool! That's one of the species I've been trying to resist getting this year...

 

[PhilinYuma]

That's great wuwu... he's really handsome in pink! I have a couple that were really pink like that in the younger instars... but their colors have changed with each successive molt, and they are now more white, green, and lilac/pink.Xeno.... Yes, there have been lots of people interested in it, and experiments done. Use the Search feature with the terms "color change" etc., and you'll find lots of threads on it.

Or you could look at Yen's pix and comment at the beginning of this thread!