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reefpeeper
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Ijust looked closely at my "hornets" and they do have alternating skirts!
But they arent purple like my purple hornets, and they def. arent red or blue..so now what
But they arent purple like my purple hornets, and they def. arent red or blue..so now what
I'm not really seeing much any color in the first ones, though it looks like there could be some alternating going on (not doubting you, just hard for me to see in the pics.) Maybe call them brown hornets if they do alternate?
jordan3548
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Just because something has a ring does not make it a hornet. It could be maybe it needs to color up but to call it a hornet right now is a little misleading
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Also I know ive seen quite a few of purple hornet wild colonys and the ones ive seen has always came in on rock like that for some reason. In your pic theres one polyp on the lower right that looks to have green in it. Is that right or is just a glare or something?
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i know the hornet id saying but whenever a polyp has a ring, alternating skirts and a white mouth how is it not a hornet?
that polyp is green, i think it got hit and the color is spreading temporarily,like u see in alot of stressed polpys
I forgot to mention these polyps are tiny,like half the size of my purple hornets, but that could be from stress 2
that polyp is green, i think it got hit and the color is spreading temporarily,like u see in alot of stressed polpys
I forgot to mention these polyps are tiny,like half the size of my purple hornets, but that could be from stress 2
jordan3548
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I would just place them where they seem happy and see if they color up some. Ive seen a few colonies of purple hornets come in completely brown with no ring or anything and they've colored up just takes some time.
The main identifying of a hornet is typically the alternating skirt followed by a ring of some form. A thin band is not required to fit the name hornet, though some subtypes do meet that criteria where others have a thicker band as opposed to a ring.
Will you put up some more pics as time goes by? I'm really curious to see how they continue to color. Plus the tiny polyps are always so interesting to me for some reason.
jordan3548
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Yeah just leave them be. Because those look like a wild colony and wild hornets = melters so leave them be by all means lol
I'm gonna go out on a limb here - so don't take it for gospel. My theory would be that you've two wild Hawaiian colonies; Copper or Red Rings -n- PHE. The center ring of PHE will disappear when they are kept under very bright light, and the copper or red rings look similar to hornets, in that they have a ring and some indication of alternating colors in the skirts, but the skirts never really color up to match the center ring. Again, just taking a shot in the dark . . .
