WOO HOO!

[kamakiri]

Not green...not brown...not camo...and not PINK!

Will post pics later tonight!

And guess what color(s) were present on its deli tub...

 

[Katnapper]

Not green...not brown...not camo...and not PINK!

Will post pics later tonight!

And guess what color(s) were present on its deli tub...

Mmmm..... blue? yellow? Sheesh.... making us wait for pics! :angry:

 

[nasty bugger]

White, and white?

Silver and foil?

purple, and red

Paisley, and Wow, look at all the colors...man

Maybe blue and blue

 

[kamakiri]

White, and white?

Congrats! And on your first guess!

BTW, this is the last limbata female to molt to L4...same formerly brown one that I used for the pic with the text/labelling.

 

[Peter Clausen]

Please clarify...this is not a photo taken just post-molt? (it is very typical for freshly molted bugs to be nearly white).

 

[Orin]

Neat, but even if it stays white for a while it will almost certainly turn brown for the next molt. Please post up an adult picture when you have one.

 

[revmdn]

That looks pretty cool.

 

[Rick]

Nothing unusual I don't believe.

 

[Morpheus uk]

Whether its normal or its just moulted its still a nice colour <_<

 

[cloud jaguar]

Wow, *kamakiri, that is definitely cool looking. When ours molt they are a bit lighter than usual but never THAT white - nice.

 

[kamakiri]

:lol: Yes, the pictures were taken shortly after her molt to L4! No, I did not expect her to stay as white...after seeing significant change in her siblings well after molting. But I was very, very hopeful for the next two hours before I went to bed.

This morning she was a tan/light tan camo pattern. Not nearly as dark of the other camo female I have...

Snapped a couple of pictures this morning, and will post more later tonight.

 

[kamakiri]

Okay...forget the pics...she's just another tan one for now

 

[Katnapper]

Okay...forget the pics...she's just another tan one for now

Oh well.... at least she's healthy and larger now! Reminds me of when I thought I had an albino cricket... didn't realize it was normal for them to appear almost white for a bit right after molting.

 

[nasty bugger]

probably not too unusual, but I have brown and green in the same container, and I don't think it's a sex thing, but I could be wrong.

I have 5, maybe sub adults, together in a gallon jar, and no real aggression or anything, I have seen one throw another, but no killing or steady aggression, but they are different colors.

I have some of those air plants, the one's that don't need soil to grow in, up on a twig/branch for them to climb on and camo in with, and they do camo well with the plant. Each has his color, and blends real well

Something I haven't heard or read of in regard to mantis', but when the african cyclid fish if used to have would go to breed the males flash their colors like they do at no other time. The dress up to attract a mate, and

I wonder if the mantis' show extreme colors at some time or as some response to stimulus? Just curious

 

[kamakiri]

Oh well.... at least she's healthy and larger now! Reminds me of when I thought I had an albino cricket... didn't realize it was normal for them to appear almost white for a bit right after molting.

I remember the albino cricket thread and I know that color. But this mantis was nearly white...for maybe 3 hours after molting. I've watched most of these limbatas molt and all the rest that I saw were some 'normal' color: tan, blue-green, pink-green...and didn't look too different than the previous color scheme or the new color scheme. I was very hopeful that this one would stay at least off-white.

nasty bugger>

The sexes don't seem to have that much to do with color in this or other species that I've kept. There are certainly theories about environmental factors changing coloring...so far I'm thinking that surrounding color has some secondary non-permanent impact, but I don't know. It also seems that there has only been one 'order' of color progression with this group of limbatas. For example none have turned green once brown or tan or camo. And the expression of pink coloration seems very temporary.

 

[Dinora]

Okay...forget the pics...she's just another tan one for now

Still, a very beautiful creature you have there!

*hugs*

Dinora