“…Hypothesis 3: the color of ommochromes is believed to be used in signalling, mimicry and crypsis. This is the hypothesis supported by most of the community working on color changing insects such as stick insects and mantids (FuzeauBraesch, 1985), including Mantis religiosa, Sphodromantis viridis and Locusta migratoria (Vuillaume, 1968), and spiders (Rabaud, 1918;Rabaud, 1919;Gabritschevsky, 1927;Chittka, 2001;Schmalhofer, 2000;Théry and Casas, 2002;Heiling et al, 2003;Heiling et al, 2005;Théry et al, 2005;Théry, 2007).…”