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Nice shot of your mantis

Nice shots, glad to see another Nikon shooter on here

It is great that she can trust you during her most vulnerable stage. 

That is how I trick some of them to climb on the stick, even though I only offer it once in a couple weeks.  They think there is a honey treat and climb on willingly.  Makes it easy to move them around when cleaning.  You can tell the ones with a sweet tooth.  LOL

Headphone volume button also acts like a shutter release on iPhones (unless you have a iPhone 7 with no earphone jack).   At work if I only have my iPhone, I have used a magnifying glass and a rubber band to hold the handle in place works for me getting up close.  You can adjust focus by adding...

Nice shots.

Unfortunately no, I wasn't expecting her to lay that soon and it happened while I was at work.

I grabbed couple more shots as I clean their habitat.  She actually laid an ooth, but I am not sure if she got fertilized before she ate her mate.  I had put them in a larger enclosure to give the male a chance to escape like my Chinese males were able to do, but this girl was not as nice.  Even...

Head Gear close-up

Growing up....

One of my females getting fed a blue bottle fly.

I got them as L3/L4 these they are L5/L6 now.  They do like to move around but quickly settle down if they feel no threat. Here's a pic about a week after I first got them.

Nice!! Congrats....always a great feeling when you are able to successfully complete the full cycle.

some more recent shots from this afternoon

These guys are so laid back compared to my other mantis.

Nice Pics!!!

Nice pose

They are growing up....

Nikon DSLR and a 105mm Macro lens