Bruce, Ashley, The stonefly was near the beginning of the stomach, I guess it wasn't long in the trouts belly. As ants are mostly black I'm wandering about the stoneflies color. Most of the flies that are good catcher need a bit of red or orange in it. I developed 2 beetle pattern, both need a red dot to catch. tried it several times with and without the dot. I'm wandering why the original is pure black? Regards Rene Germany -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- Von: Bruce P. Whittle, DVM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Datum: Montag, 13. Mai 2002 21:53 Betreff: Re: [VFB] Content of a trout
>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 >>
