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When I came home yesterday morning he was sunbathing on our doorstep, took him in the garden for a photoshoot with the Cosmos.

Gafanha da Encarnação - Portugal

Its been awhile since I saw one in the garden,

this Praying Mantis was by a bush resting with another one,

I pulled little seedling and one flew away then this one flew but not far, I took it for a photo session:-)

It really gave me some good bites and grabs with those thorny feet,

In Spanien habe ich zum ersten Mal eine Gottesanbeterin, auch Fangschrecke genannt, zu Gesicht bekommen

Gottesanbeterinnen fressen alles, was sich bewegt: Ihre eigenen Artgenossen, andere Insekten, aber auch Eidechsen, Frösche und kleine Säugetiere. Ursprünglich stammt sie aus Afrika.

European Praying Mantis | Mantis religiosa | 08-2022 | Ticino | Switzerland

 

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ABOUT THE PHOTO:

I originally titled the image above 'Pray, Love, Eat (Your Husband)' as a joking reference to a bestselling novel and to the name of the insect depicted in the photo as well as to the species' well-documented gruesome mating behavior. I changed it now, because I wanted to be sure nobody would take the title as a recommendation (let me be very clear: if you are in fact NOT a female praying mantis, please refrain from eating your husband - regardless how tempted you may be - I'm sure he will thank you later 😉).

 

To provide a bit of context how I got the shot, as most of you will be well aware, this past summer was rather hot in many parts of the world, and Ticino in Switzerland (where I take all my photos), was no exception. It was in fact exceptionally hot for a long period without any rain in sight, and so I found myself getting up every morning before sunrise to water the garden.

 

On one such occasion in late August I noticed the frantic movement of a rather large insect that was trying to get away from the splashing water drops. I immediately put the hose down and went to investigate. I could hardly believe my luck: it was a (in Switzerland very rare) European mantis, a species I hadn't seen in a long time in my garden (certainly not since my dear mother's ill-fated attempt to transform part of the garden into a "flowery meadow" - a sad anecdote you can read all about here IF you have the stomach for it: www.flickr.com/photos/191055893@N07/52177556047/in/datepo... )

 

The mantis had sought shelter from the water between the blooming phlox and was now resting completely motionless among the flower petals, and so I dropped everything and ran for my camera. Once I was back at the scene I realized to my horror that it was still far too dark to get a usable photo; I was sure my "rare prize" would fly away at any instant, but all I could do now was anxiously wait for the sun to come up.

 

Minute after agonizing minute went by (and Mrs Mantis made suspicious "I-think-I'm-going-to-leave-now" movements several times that had me hold my breath in utter terror), but finally my camera was satisfied with the available light, and once I had shot about 800 photos, I started to relax a little.

 

In the end, I couldn't have been happier; it had long been my hope that my little oasis of botanic chaos would attract this rare species, and that I even got to photograph it was a dream come true. And apparently I needn't have worried about it flying away; it was a female, and as I later read mantis ladies are in most cases too heavy to fly.

 

And they seem to be territorial (or at least this one was); to my delight, I would find Mrs Mantis either in the phlox plants or on the nearby hibiscus every day for the remainder of my holiday (here's a photo on the hibiscus: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/western-green-lizard-lacerta-bi... ), and so I got to photograph her plenty (suspiciouly there was never any sign of a Mr Mantis though...).

 

Anyway, many greetings and have a lovely weekend ahead everyone - and as always, let me know what you think in the comments 😊

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On ne peut pas se fier à un homme qui n'aime pas les animaux.

 

Margaret Millar (Canada, 1915-1994)

 

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No puedes fiarte de un hombre que no ama los animales.

 

Margaret Millar (Canadá, 1915-1994)

 

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Photo : Je ne suis pas un adapte de la photo animalière, mais cette mante (mantis religiosa, tigre de l’herbe, cheval du diable ou Prie Dieu, je crois…) surprise dans un petit village d’Aragon m’a tapé dans l’objectif !

 

Foto: No soy (de momentp), partidario de foto animal, pero esta mantis religiosa (según creo), comúnmente llamada santateresa, mamboretá, caballito del diablo, campamocha o tatadiós, sorprendida en el pueblito de Los Fayos, en Zaragoza, llamó la atención de mi objetivo.

  

Mante religieuse - Mantis religiosa - European mantis

fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mante_religieuse

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_mantis

 

"T'as pas vu une antenne qui trainait, par hasard ?"

"You didn’t see an antenna hanging around, did you?"

 

July 2022 - edited and uploaded 2022/07/28

Qui veut une petite accolade ?

 

Mante religieuse - Mantis religiosa - European mantis

fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mante_religieuse

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_mantis

 

August 2022 - Edited and uploaded 2022/08/28

Nikon D750 / Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro

Mantis religiosa

 

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Yesterday morning I was able to photograph a European Praying Mantis (a female, mantis religiosa) for the first time in the Eastern-Eifel region. The regional press recently reported on several occasions that they are now occurring there.

 

Gestern Morgen konnte ich zum ersten Mal eine Europäische Gottesanbeterin (ein Weibchen, mantis religiosa) in der Osteifel fotografieren. Die regionale Presse berichtete kürzlich mehrfach darüber, dass sie inzwischen dort vorkommen.

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When I moved our front entrance flowerpots to the back inside one there was sack of eggs from Praying Mantis,

I guess Come spring I be seeing little ones, that will be first for me,

I believe Indira had photographed eggs from Praying Mantis,

www.flickr.com/photos/inair/25172697214/in/photolist-EmqDSW

Well who said only Elephants have great memory....LOL

I was right.

Mantis religiosa is the only member of the Mantidae family occurring in Central Europe. They are listed as "endangered" in Germany's Red List of Endangered Species and are under special protection! Females can reach a length of 80 mm, males can reach a length of 60 mm. Females are heavier and physically stronger, whereas males are more active and able to fly. They feed on grasshoppers, crickets and other insects.

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Bidsprinkhaan, Macedonia

Yesterday I was able to photograph the first praying mantises in the volcanic Eifel this year.

Due to the great drought there is not much green in nature anymore. So these insects adapt to their environment in color, that they are hardly discovered.

To dampen the clear morning light, I used a diffuser.

 

Gestern konnte ich die ersten Gottesanbeterinnen in diesem Jahr in der Vulkaneifel fotografieren.

Aufgrund der großen Trockenheit ist nicht mehr viel grün in der Natur zu finden. So passen diese Insekten sich farblich ihrer Umgebung an, dass man sie kaum entdeckt.

Um das harte Vormittagslicht ein wenig zu dämpfen nutzte ich einen Diffusor.

 

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Aquí os dejo otra más de esta serie, obtenida un día cualquiera de verano. Esta idílica escena no duro mucho, pues el macho acabo decapitado nunca había sido testigo de la agresividad de esta especie hasta ese día.

  

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ISO 200

  

Espero que os guste y muchas gracias por vuestro tiempo, comentarios y visitas.

 

Feliz fin de semana, mucho ánimo y cuidaros

 

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European mantis (Mantis religiosa) snacking on an Italian locust (Calliptamus italicus)

EXPLORED ON 21.11.2011 #73.

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La mante religieuse (Mantis religiosa), surnommée tigre de l'herbe

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Praying Mantis Albino de Santa Gemita - 011222 - Enhanced-18

I thought I'd seen the last mantis of the season a couple of weeks before this little one appeared sitting on a weed...crop

 

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Mantis Religiosa

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Majorca.

Most of the time they were found in dense vegetation, this one was crossing a boardwalk near our accommodation.

 

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