Rene, I am certainly not a qualified expert but I will give you my opinion anyway. Ants for sure have a tough chitinous exoskeleton which should not change color. I would think if anything they would get lighter due to stomach acidity but I don't think the chitin would change even in the acid environment. Hope my unqualified opinion helps! Bruce Whittle
---------- > From: Rene Zillmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [VFB] Content of a trout > Date: Monday, May 13, 2002 11:11 AM > > Hopefully, I don't offend our C&R people -from time to time I keep a trout > for dinner. (2 - 4 a year) > This spring I checked the contend of my trout's belly. Lot's of ants and > black stonefly. My question: How does the color change, when the flies are > eaten. Had the living insects really been black or is the color changing > after a certain time. > > Rene > Germany >
