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[Casperkpr]

Great to be here. Looking forward to learning more about mantids and other creatures. I have some ghosts,a giant African, and a spiney mantis.

 

[dmina]

Sounds like a cool group, you have there... We love pics...

 

[hibiscusmile]

Welcome....on another note, dmina, do you make those pics?

 

[Rick]

Welcome

 

[Casperkpr]

Here's one of my ghost mantids

 

[Casperkpr]

Ghost, Spiney and the giant African eating a cricket.

 

[LAME]

Cool collection! Welcome to the forum.

 

[dmina]

Welcome....on another note, dmina, do you make those pics?

No... collected them years ago...

 

[dmina]

Ghost, Spiney and the giant African eating a cricket.

Thanks for sharing... Love the color of your ghost!

 

[Jay]

Nice pics & welcome to the forum!

 

[CosbyArt]

Hello and welcome to the forum

You have several great looking mantises. I too love the green color of your Ghost.

 

[Casperkpr]

Thanks everyone! I was surprised at the color of this mantis. Didn't know they have so many color variations. Hopefully I can get him to breed. Does anyone know if the green color would be more common in his siblings? Or are the different colors a more random occurrence? Does food or environment causes different colors? Thanks!

 

[CosbyArt]

Thanks everyone! I was surprised at the color of this mantis. Didn't know they have so many color variations. Hopefully I can get him to breed. Does anyone know if the green color would be more common in his siblings? Or are the different colors a more random occurrence? Does food or environment causes different colors? Thanks!

Seems for the most part the coloration is genetic, but there is a experiment about the colors of the Ghost (Phyllocrania paradoxa) underway. Here is the topic Color morph experiment in Phyllocrania paradoxa (Environmental trigger), and there are many opinions from keepers posted there as well.

 

[Casperkpr]

Thanks CosbyArt! I'll check that out.

 

[sally]

Welcome.

 

[dlemmings]

welcome!