The pic you posted is a anery phase longicauda so if you are looking to get one similar go for an anery. they do "grow" in to their pattern as the get older but the pattern that they get is defined as babies. when you look at a babies head for example you will see a fint grey area the "shield" the center will be darker but there is a defined grey area around the shield that will fill in with the black pigment as they age. some longicauda are "yellow" phase and have a yellow wash to their back ground color and as normals are sweet looking yellow and black bumble bee adults. but as anerys they still have a yellow wash to them that appears as a "dirty white" on their backs" which is darker then the white you see on the sides of the tail. as they get older this yellow wash that makes great yellow normals makes anerys dinge looking as adults. I wish that i had some pics to better explain it but i dont i will think about take some and following a babies next season. hope that this helps. one of my two year olds

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