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have you ever seen _____? unknown mantis appreciation thread
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<blockquote data-quote="thehelepolis" data-source="post: 337535" data-attributes="member: 11807"><p>Have you ever see-oh who am I kidding, we’ve all seen the famous orchid mantis! You may be wondering, helepolis, why are you posting a famous species on an unknown mantis thread? Well, thing is, the orchid mantis we have in captivity is only a small faction of the beauty this species really has to offer. This species color mimicry is not only beautiful but more versatile than we could ever know, able to mimic any color between red and yellow. Without further waiting, I introduce our special guest of today, the amazing, the beautiful, ORCHID MANTIS!!!![ATTACH]13124[/ATTACH][ATTACH]13125[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>turns out, an orange orchid isn’t as unlikely as one may think!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]13126[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>This soft yellow looks even more like a flower than even a pink orchid![ATTACH]13127[/ATTACH] </p><p></p><p>this flower right here is a deep yellow with red highlights, but as we can see in the image below the amazing orchid is even able to mimic this flower!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]13128[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>You may have noticed that the lobes of the legs have a clear spot, well that’s actually the empty space of the outer shell as the lobes of this subadult male shrink to their adult size! As you can see by those wing buds he’s nearly ready for his adult molt, and separation of the new body and the outer shell is one of the steps of molting, taking place before the real molt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thehelepolis, post: 337535, member: 11807"] Have you ever see-oh who am I kidding, we’ve all seen the famous orchid mantis! You may be wondering, helepolis, why are you posting a famous species on an unknown mantis thread? Well, thing is, the orchid mantis we have in captivity is only a small faction of the beauty this species really has to offer. This species color mimicry is not only beautiful but more versatile than we could ever know, able to mimic any color between red and yellow. Without further waiting, I introduce our special guest of today, the amazing, the beautiful, ORCHID MANTIS!!!![ATTACH]13124._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH]13125._xfImport[/ATTACH] turns out, an orange orchid isn’t as unlikely as one may think! [ATTACH]13126._xfImport[/ATTACH] This soft yellow looks even more like a flower than even a pink orchid![ATTACH]13127._xfImport[/ATTACH] this flower right here is a deep yellow with red highlights, but as we can see in the image below the amazing orchid is even able to mimic this flower! [ATTACH]13128._xfImport[/ATTACH] You may have noticed that the lobes of the legs have a clear spot, well that’s actually the empty space of the outer shell as the lobes of this subadult male shrink to their adult size! As you can see by those wing buds he’s nearly ready for his adult molt, and separation of the new body and the outer shell is one of the steps of molting, taking place before the real molt. [/QUOTE]
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