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All I was asking was a few shots - but this adult female mantis I came across on a garden wall was having none of it.
She postured and swayed and even made a few lunges with those phenomenal raptorial forelegs. Females cannot fly as a means of escape, so perhaps this put her under greater stress.
I felt that my close presence was stressing her out. I managed just this one shot and quickly took my leave and left her in peace to go about her day.
Pseudomantis albofimbriata adult female. 70 mm body length.
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Mante religieuse mâle posée sur un muret dans mon jardin.
Praying mantis male resting on a wall in my garden.
This mantis has been hanging out on our driveway. I was crawling on my knees to get eye-level with it. Taken in Harding County, New Mexico, USA.
Camera: Fujifilm X-T5
Lens: Tamron 18-300 mm
Settings: ISO 320, f/7.1, 1/160s, 109 mm
Shot handheld.
Praying Mantis Fairy
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I was glad to see the Mantis in a dahlia plant munching on a cricket. It turned and looked at me and then went back to eating. The cricket had been eating the flowers, so good riddance.
Lst summer, weather was oppressive heat and I found a tiny baby mantis on my window. I decided to put regularly big ice cubes in order to provide fresh water. A few months after, this ninja mantis was watching me at the same place, I hope it was the same one...
Mante religieuse juvénile postée sur une céphalaire à fleurs blanches en bordure des marnes. Diois, France.
Praying mantis juvenile resting on a giant scabious in a wasteland near marls. Diois, France.
Little praying mantis nymph got doused by the hose while I was watering down my milkweed. Poor thing got knocked off the plant into the puddle under the plant and had to swim to shore. But it recovered, climbed back on the plant and went for high ground. Very short photo opportunity but I tried. You might think the mantis had chewed on this leaf. Not so - they are carnivores and prey on other insects using their specialized ambush technique.
Praying Mantis preening his antennae. Antennae assess the physical environment and can detect the chemical environment too. The antennae is also olfactory organ that can detect pheromones for mating and other odors like carbon dioxide (I hate Mosquitoes)