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RE: What would cause coloration like this?

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Posted by: mayday at Wed Jan 9 12:28:57 2008   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by mayday ]  
   

Vic,
The dark pigment is a response to the sunlight. Think tanning in humans.
I had someone send me two adult males years ago that had been raised indoors in Virginia under lights. They were a very pale tan and quite 'blond' as well. But the new growth they started laying down in my yard was jet black.

   

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