question on green pigments

[MMM Secretariat]

Dear Colleagues,

again I am writing you for a question. I would like to know which kind of
pigments are responsible for green colours in grasshoppers, mantis, stick
and leaf insects.

Many thanks in advance !

Marco Vannini


Prof. Marco Vannini
director of the Museum of Zoology "La Specola"
of the University of Florence
via Romana 17 - 50125 Firenze
Italy

tel.  :    +39 55 2288251/9
fax   :    +39 55 222565
e-mail:   vannini_m at dbag.unifi.it
http://www.unifi.it/unifi/msn/


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International Meeting on Mangrove Macrobenthos (MMM)

Prof. Marco Vannini
director of the Museum of Zoology "La Specola"
of the University of Florence
via Romana 17 - 50125 Firenze
Italy

tel.  :    +39 55 2288251/9
fax   :    +39 55 225325
e-mail:   mmm at www.specola.unifi.it
http://www.specola.unifi.it/MMM/
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