Jay Dee Texas
praying mantis macro
This is one animal I've been wanting to take a macro shot of for a long time. Unfortunately it's a bit rare to see one every day. So a few months ago I bought a Praying Mantis egg kit from Amazon. After 2 months they hatched ( about 50 + ) and I released them into the garden.
Months later a few survived and grew to about 5 inches long. Caught this one sitting on the window screen cleaning itself. I was surprised how calm it was with allowing me to snap photos just inches from its face. There's more in my yard I've seen but they camouflage really well.
praying mantis macro
This is one animal I've been wanting to take a macro shot of for a long time. Unfortunately it's a bit rare to see one every day. So a few months ago I bought a Praying Mantis egg kit from Amazon. After 2 months they hatched ( about 50 + ) and I released them into the garden.
Months later a few survived and grew to about 5 inches long. Caught this one sitting on the window screen cleaning itself. I was surprised how calm it was with allowing me to snap photos just inches from its face. There's more in my yard I've seen but they camouflage really well.