Such a beautiful girl. I’m guessing these photos were taken shorty after she molted, as with most arthropods, their color doesn’t fully come in until after their new exoskeleton has been given some time to dry and harden after shedding the old one, and as a result they often appear extremely faded at first. I know the color can take over 24 hours at times to completely come in, or at least that was the case with a set of Idolomantis photos I found a couple years back documenting the color changing process.

I feel this particular lady is more deserving of one of the lesser-used common names of this species, which is the Indian Rose Mantis.

(Source: Flickr / gavinbroadhurst)

Posted on: Jan 7, 2012 at 12:38 AM

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Okay, a little about me. I am Acro - 20-year old female, heteroromantic asexual, artist / amateur scientist, violin mantis soul. Majoring in anthropology. I also like to represent myself with something that is essentially an anthropomorphic, okapi-themed lamp, for no reason other than it's fun.

I sometimes post art I've done. I like invertebrates, natural oddities, surreal / fantasy-type art, guys without faces / with partly obscured faces, and things that have a somewhat old-fashioned vibe to them, among other things, so expect to see a bit of that around. Fandoms I post about / reblog include BBC Sherlock, Doctor Who, Avatar: the Last Airbender, Avatar: the Legend of Korra, Shane Acker's 9, Harry Potter, sometimes Supernatural, and sprinklings of others here and there.

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