My mantis glows in the dark!!!! (Pics!!)

This is what happens when you feed your mantis a firefly. I chose an adult Cilnia, humeralis (wide arm mantis) because they are somewhat "transparent". The only light source was from the firefly being eaten. I am estatic about how the pics turned out!!! Plus, they have not been edited.

Specs:

ISO: 1800

White Balance: Dark

Shutter Speed: 20 seconds

F-Stop: 5.6

And a tri-pod for taking macro pics











In this pic, she has already swallowed the firefly. B)

She liked to move while eating, otherwise the pics would of been a lot clearer. <_<

Those are GREAT pics.... did you take any once the firefly got to her stomach? was it still shinning?

ming ming said:

Those are GREAT pics.... did you take any once the firefly got to her stomach? was it still shinning?

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Sorry, it didn't shine down there.

Congratulations, AB, those pix are AMAZING! lol

Way cool.

Whoa! Haha, that's very cool. :lol:

LOL... omg, hehe!! That's just funny, AB... and pretty interesting. I was out collecting moths by porch light one night and saw a firefly. I thought about it, and thought... no, they probably wouldn't eat/like it. I figured it would taste bad. It's interesting that she ate it. Great idea of taking the pics... pretty neat.

Realy nice and interesting pictures

That's awesome.

creative! I would say if you keep this way, you will be a great scientist.

2 words- totally awesome!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the kind words everybody. Although, it looks like I took several pics of the same firefly, there is actually a different firefly in each pic. Because I had my shutter speed open for 20 seconds, she was almost finished with each one by the time the shutter closed. And yes, she is still alive (and she ate about 7).

I was always told they won't eat the glowey part. What gives?

revmdn said:

I was always told they won't eat the glowey part. What gives?

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I wasn't sure if she would eat them either, but I was convinced after she had eaten 7. :blink:

Fireflies... for that special, healthy glow!! :lol:

Let us know if it has any ill effects, or glowing poop. No, really let us know if it made it sick. If not I'll try with my newly adult wide arm.

Wow thats amazing wiew. So the fluorescens substance lights even after firefly dies. Interesting

Amazing photo`s

All we need now is a movie

leviatan said:

Wow thats amazing wiew. So the fluorescens substance lights even after firefly dies. Interesting

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Yep. When we were kids we used to smash that part up and rub it on us. :lol: