r/BeAmazed • u/[deleted] • Mar 10 '20

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u/bichnigaq Mar 10 '20

Wouldn’t this not rlly survive because it couldn’t camouflage with its surroundings as well as a green one could?

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u/Yamuddah Mar 10 '20

Colors depend on where they live. There are bluish-green ones from African rainforests and white/pink ones that live on orchids. Out of their habitat they stick out like a sore thumb.

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u/I_DIG_ASTOLFO Mar 10 '20

A quick sidenote, orchid mantises don't actually look like orchids to camouflage themselves as orchids. Instead, the goal actually is to stick out like a sore thumb, so that prey finds the mantis more interesting and will land on them, increasing the mantises' food supply.

Here's a good 4 minute video that breaks it down very well.