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Reduced the aperture to increase the depth of field to get nice details of the entire beast of an insect :)

Yay, this little guy got up to #7 on Explore :)

Newly hatched Mantis on the ootheca which it emerged from

Praying Mantis on Fuchsia

Mantis religiosa mating.Spain.

found undercover at my Early Childhood Centre after a stormy day: thunder, lightning & heavy rain. The children were very interested😀

Chi sapeva che le mantidi hanno le ali colorate.....

Mantis nymphs,less than 20 minutes old

Discovered in Es Cubells, Ibiza,

Praying mantis trying taking an aggressive posture

Hyperbole? Not a bit of it. For other insects, this is indeed the face of death. Beyond that, in the 1957 B-Movie, the terror of these wonderful horrors being much larger was explored.

 

Top Comment Box shows the poster from that entertaining movie.

Not sure how this praying mantis lost the distal end (tibia, tarsus) of its front leg, but I imagine this mantis narrowly escaped a predator. Life goes on...

Godenrod in the Bog, Charlestown Meadows

Getting out the Halloween yard decorations yesterday (garage) and this praying mantis startled me. I'm used to them being bright kelly green, not brown. Shot this on sport mode so the grain is a little high.

 

For gb_packards, who loves these kinds of things.

This week, Insect Model Magazine features Maeve. Maeve is serving Mantis Realness, ready for her closeup.

Mantis with 2 Soldier Beetles

Praying Mantis

I watched this Praying Mantis today hunting in the Fraser Valley, BC, Canada.

I absolutely love the praying mantises that live in my garden. So photogenic!

praying mantis just after mating

[explored] #355

This was snapped using a reversed mounted Minolta MD 28mm f3.5 lens

I raise mantis ... hundred of them.

Mantises are notable for their hunting abilities. They are exclusively predatory, and their diet usually consists of living insects, including flies and aphids; larger species have been known to prey on small lizards, frogs, birds, snakes, and even rodents. Most mantises are ambush predators, waiting for prey to stray too near.

Hey, I'm not dinner! What'choo lookin' at?!

Praying mantis toilet.

Un geste si féminin ... Comment le mâle de la mante religieuse pourrait-il résister à une telle élégance ? (Mante religieuse rencontrée en ville, à Hyères, Var, France).

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