MantisMan Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 3 different color nymphs i have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Yeah they are very variable in color Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibiscusmile Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clausen Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Also, their distance in time from the last or towards the next molt can affect their color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Also, their distance in time from the last or towards the next molt can affect their color. That is true but adults vary in color so part is genetics too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MantisMan Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 the orangish one has been that color for at least 2 weeks, so it isnt fresh molted it's cool though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MantisMan Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 oh, btw, anyone know wat the sex of those nymphs r? i'm clueless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 That is true but adults vary in color so part is genetics too. OR it is environmental. P. surinamensis is a parthenogenetic species that has both dark and light adults, so the same environmental/epigenetic factors that apply to those could also be at work on B. dubia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MantisMan Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 Yes, parthenogens clone themselves so no new genes occur All my dubia r in the same cage though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Termite48 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 I also have a Dubia colony of about a hundred. It is a learning process for me to tell the sexes apart before Adult. I still cannot do it. If the wing buds of the male are present in the sudadult, then in the molt to adult are full scale wings (which they are), it makes it so that characteristic cannot be used to sex them. I do not know, but I will see if there is any difference in the abdominal segment count from one sex to the other at a given instar. This might be the way. Also: In looking closely at the pic that you have posted, with regard to the two larger nymphs, there may be a difference in that one is quite a but larger at the posterior portion of the abdomen. The female may have a wider rear area than does the male. Check it out. See if you see this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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