The Mediocre TITLE FAIRY thread :: Change my title, please.

Not like a chameleon. But they do adapt to the environment that they were born/live in. At least the European ones do.

ECC233 wrote in post #19565167
Not like a chameleon. But they do adapt to the environment that they were born/live in. At least the European ones do.

By natural selection over long times, or do individuals actually modify their color? Another shot of the same mantis:

Image hosted by forum (1228316) © OhLook THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff.

Hmmm. This is what Google claims:

The praying mantis is one type that can change color from green to brown and vice versa. While in its nymph phase, the praying mantis can take on a brownish hue after molting. However, this change occurs gradually, over several days. Needless to say, this ability is not useful for quick camouflage.

It seemed the one I saw was a vibrant green, though my kid said it was brown. Hence my question if they're chameleon like.

Chet, has your kid been tested for color blindness?

Ive seen them both colors at the same time.

gjl711 wrote in post #19565193
Ive seen them both colors at the same time.

The leaves are also both colors. This mantis was very adaptable!

OhLook wrote in post #19565177
Chet, has your kid been tested for color blindness?

I'll have to ask him. Cam was practicing "supercalifragilisticex​pialidocious" said backwards. Julie Andrews actually does it wrong in the song. Cam does it correctly, it took him a few tries.

Chet wrote in post #19565202
I'll have to ask him. Cam was practicing "supercalifragilisticex​pialidocious" said backwards. Julie Andrews actually does it wrong in the song. Cam does it correctly, it took him a few tries.

Have him get started in cold fusion. Might as well put that mind to work on something useful.

ECC233 wrote in post #19565163
One from a few weeks ago!

Hosted photo: posted by ECC233 in
./showthread.php?p=195​65163&i=i230864510
forum: The Lounge

What is this?? Is this a Praying Mantis?

Inspeqtor wrote in post #19565312
What is this?? Is this a Praying Mantis?

It's just the head and neck. I stared at it until I figured it out. The mantis is facing right. The two wire-looking things are antennae.

Exactly. Oxyothepsis marginalis from aaBotswana.

Chet wrote in post #19564909
My wife came out 10 minutes later and she was eating a bumble bee.

Why don’t you feed your wife some proper food? Cruel Chet

gjl711 wrote in post #19565132
Mantis are excellent at pest control. We had an issue with Japanese beetles and crickets that they pretty much cleared that right up. Unfortunately, they are not picky eaters and would decimate everything including other manti. That's a cricket she's munching on but they went after catapillars, butterflies, bees, spiders, anything they could get their grubby claw on.

I'm actually really OK with them going after all the insects. Particularly the bees and spiders. Can they do anything about chipmunks? I have a sizable community of them in my yard.

And now for the weather. Yesterday was close to, if it didn't hit 90. Today's high is 72, and by Friday we are looking at 59 for a high. Now THIS is Autumn!!!!

Chet wrote in post #19565164
Do they change color to blend with the environment?

Good question. The one on my garage door handle was the same color as what OhLook's pic shows. Sort of an Army bland.

jay125 wrote in post #19565397
I'm actually really OK with them going after all the insects. Particularly the bees and spiders. Can they do anything about chipmunks? I have a sizable community of them in my yard.

Trouble with killing bees is no bees, no food. That year we had a noticeable decline in apple production. We only had 6 trees but they produces a whole lot of apples. In a normal year it was not unusual to have 30~40 5 gallon buckets of apples that dropped to the ground so we composted them. The year of the mantis, we had noticeably fewer apples. Spiders are also very beneficial as they love flies and mosquitos. Cant do anything about the monks though. BB gun maybe or a hungry cat.