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Post by timothy13 on Jul 22, 2018 1:11:37 GMT
Hi, this is my second year of keeping wild-caught praying mantis, and I had the luck to find one in the wild which was albino! It is a female and I have had it for two instars, the 6th and the 7th (I know this from last years experience). During this time it remained a whitish beige, and I assumed it was albino, but a few days after its 7th shed its head and legs started having a light greenish tinge. Within an hour this colour spread throughout its entire body, and while it isn't the colour of a regular mantis, it definitely isn't white. Does this happen often? I didn't know it was possible for an albino animal to stop being albino. Has anybody else experienced anything like this or know why it happened?
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Post by timothy13 on Jul 27, 2018 22:10:43 GMT
Update: My mantis is now just as dark green as my other females.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Jul 28, 2018 9:01:49 GMT
Sorry I can't give an explanation, but it sounds very unusual. I hope someone can provide some suggestions.
By the way, which part of the world are your mantids from?
Adam.
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Post by timothy13 on Jul 30, 2018 20:13:26 GMT
I live in Ontario. I'm not sure what the name of the species is, but the ones i have are the common green ones (I think the scientific name is Mantis Religiosa).
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Post by timothy13 on Aug 6, 2018 16:18:40 GMT
Hey I just found two brown mantids of the same species. I don't think they are supposed to be brown are they?
I haven't seen any brown ones since this year.
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Post by timothy13 on Aug 10, 2018 12:22:51 GMT
Update: she has just gone through her last shed. She is as green as ever.
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