Blue hornet or purple

[flowflezy]

 

[reefpeeper]

Looks like a blue to me

 

[JMMJ13902]

Blue hornets. The purple doesn't have the white spec in the center.

 

[flowflezy]

Someone said it was a purple bc of the skirt. I have them as blue hornet's. Thanks

 

[joshporksandwich]

Both blue and purple have alternating skirt.

 

[Reef Pets]

Blue

 

[reef1980]

There are what purples look like

 

[buddythelion]

There are what purples look like

Sorry to burst your bubble... but that's not purple hornet either. I think those usually go by macaws. They need that alt skirt to be purple hornies.

And like someone said, the biggest give away from purple and blue hornets is blue have a white face while purples don't.

Blue hornets (white face, alt skirt. more blueish background)

Purple Hornet (no white face, more purple hue, alt skirts):

 

[reef1980]

The mcaws don't have an alternating skirt.

 

[buddythelion]

Muh bad. Can't really see, if they alt it's purple.

 

[Reef Pets]

Original Purple Hornets colony

 

[flowflezy]

Thank u everyone

 

[diamondreef]

Sorry to burst your bubble... but that's not purple hornet either. I think those usually go by macaws. They need that alt skirt to be purple hornies.

And like someone said, the biggest give away from purple and blue hornets is blue have a white face while purples don't.

Blue hornets (white face, alt skirt. more blueish background)

Purple Hornet (no white face, more purple hue, alt skirts):

Thank you so much we've always called it a blue hornet but somebody on here said no purple lol

 

[joshporksandwich]

blue

purple