changing locusts colours

[Bruce]

Hi guys,

I recently bought about 4/5 dozen locusts for my T's. Since I can't feed them all in a few days I deceided to keep them a while and gut load them. I gave them a bit of cricket food mix and some organic zuchnni/ courgettes (so there are no pesticides)

I took a look at the locusts after a couple of days and the underside of their throax (where their legs attach to their bodies) have turned a pink colour. I know some animals can change colour according to what they eat. What do you think? When I got them, they were the usual green colour.

I've had a bad experince with contaminated locusts so am usually reluctant to use them but I thought I needed to vaery my Ts' diet. any one know of this pick colour I talked about?

Thanks,
Bruce

 

[tarantula666]

locust also change color when they are close together
has something to do with touch

the same species when solitairy looks a lot different then when they are together in large numbers
heard this change can take place in as little as 10 min.

 

[james]

Locust

Are you in the US? I have been wondering where I can get them?
Thx,
James

 

[Bruce]

not in US

Hi James,

I'm in the UK. As far as I know, you can't get locusts in the US as they are considered a potential pest (on a large scale).

Cheers,
Bruce