Finally got Orchids!

[Mime454]

I'm v=really proud of my iPhone for taking such a great photo of this tiny mantis. They're so beautiful! It's L2.

 

[Webeviction]

Very nice! I soooo can't wait till I'm ready to give these guys a try!

 

[MandellaMandy123]

Oh, congratulations! You have a great iphone camera! You are very lucky to have this great species.

 

[Mime454]

Here's another photo of the same mantis. I didn't think it was as good, but it shows the rest of the insect off.

 

[Webeviction]

Cute little bugger! I find my iPhone 4s does a decent job as long as I take the pic from like 8 to 10 inches away then go back and edit the picture, crop it and inhance it get it all zoomed in and pretty

 

[Mime454]

Cute little bugger! I find my iPhone 4s does a decent job as long as I take the pic from like 8 to 10 inches away then go back and edit the picture, crop it and inhance it get it all zoomed in and pretty

That's what I do too! I use an iPhone 5 now, but I don't notice any significant improvement over my old 4S. Photos look better on the iPhone's more accurate display though.

 

[sinensispsyched]

I just got orchids today, too! They already gobbled up 4 mels!

 

[Termite48]

When I had some Orchids as pets, I used to take one or two (at L-3 and older) to work with me and let them crawl around at my desk and book shelf. Once in a while, I would let too much time pass and I lost track of where the mantids where. I always found them because they were doing that crazy back and forth motion as if they were in the wind. I love this species. Congrats on getting some. They are worth the trouble.

 

[sinensispsyched]

There's a video on youtube like what you just described.

Did you film it?

 

[Crazy4mantis]

WHERE DID YOU GET IT?!?!?!?!?

 

[Mime454]

Gisele. $10 each.

WHERE DID YOU GET IT?!?!?!?!?

Giesle. $10 each.

 

[fleurdejoo]

Beautiful!!!

 

[Mime454]

There's a video on youtube like what you just described.

Did you film it?

Here, I filmed it for you.

 

[stacy]

Awesome, I love this species, mine arrived today, so pretty

 

[OctoberRainne]

They are beautiful,wish I could have snapped some up but I've got a full house/room again lol,I didn't realize how pink they were even that young

 

[sinensispsyched]

I meant that it showed an orchid walking around a cubicle.

 

[giesle]

Pretty little thing. As you probably know, I am in this mainly for photography, and that is the first picture I have even seen of my L2's. The only pics I have taken were of the L1 and lady bugs.....what's wrong with me?

Btw, I agree.....very good photos for a phone.

 

[Mime454]

Decided to take a stroll on my leg while I was cleaning its cage.

 

[Ranitomeya]

I have a few of its siblings, but I don't have a phone or a camera capable of photographing these tiny things. I'm supposed to be getting an old iphone, so hopefully I'll be able to take pictures of mine.

From the looks of it, the one in the last picture is possibly male, as it doesn't have a notch in the last big abdominal segment.