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just wanted to share some pictures of my freshly molted couple paradoxa's,... ghostmantids
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nice photos
and cool looking mantids
john
and cool looking mantids
john
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nice!
Awesome mantid!
Awesome mantid!
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Amazing bug ... and pictures!
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How are the little guys for sitting on your finger? I wanted to get some better shots of my 4 week Sphrodomantis lineola but they run around in their cups like crazy so I'm afraid to take them out.
John
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Those are some fantastic mantids!! Thanks for sharing!
heres my thai, i know,i hate common names,but do not know the scientific name for this one just yet so..
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?threadid=21213
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?threadid=21213
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These guys are some generations back from my present ones but the greens are pretty common now. Still don't see the yellow's much.
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Hi Navaros,
I've been breeding for green for many years and get more and more each generation. Most people never see a single one. I forgot to do it last time but I'll take a pic of a big group of greens when they're adults in a few months.
I've been breeding for green for many years and get more and more each generation. Most people never see a single one. I forgot to do it last time but I'll take a pic of a big group of greens when they're adults in a few months.
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very nice picture of you holding those colorvarietys,... :}
Is it corect the coloration isnt genetic but depends on how you raise the nimfs ?
- dry and hot will give you reddisch-brown adults
- moist and on roomtemp gives you the green adults ?
i've got an all black female with blueish eyes,.. i'll try and take a picture of her soon,....
its the only adult that i have with these colors
greetz
very nice picture of you holding those colorvarietys,... :}
Is it corect the coloration isnt genetic but depends on how you raise the nimfs ?
- dry and hot will give you reddisch-brown adults
- moist and on roomtemp gives you the green adults ?
i've got an all black female with blueish eyes,.. i'll try and take a picture of her soon,....
its the only adult that i have with these colors
greetz
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The color is affected by genetics (sex-linked) and environment. I can't make any green that aren't showing green. One generation I ended up with one green and have been breeding for the color ever since. Each generation produces more greens because I breed primarily green females. This generation or the next I'll switch to breeding only the greens. I never get outside specimens 'new blood' because I don't want them to be all brown again.