idolomantis male and female

[macro junkie]

sub female on left

adult male on right.

i have 6 in total

 

[hibiscusmile]

Hello MJ, good to see you! nice mantis! :lol:

 

[whamslam3]

those are cool mantis i like the males colors.

 

[yen_saw]

Hey MJ, glad to see you back here after all the chatting in Canon forum and the great advices on macro shooting for me. Best of luck with the idolomantis they are beautiful.

 

[Katnapper]

Great photo, MJ! Can you tell how you got the background all white? Are they on a piece of white posterboard or something? Just curious...

 

[revmdn]

Cool beans.

 

[macro junkie]

Great photo, MJ! Can you tell how you got the background all white? Are they on a piece of white posterboard or something? Just curious...

a3 paper or photo paper..flash set to +1

 

[idolomantis]

hey, good to see you back here

nice shots, good luck with them

 

[ismart]

Very nice pics as always. Best of luck breeding them.

 

[superfreak]

beautiful!! *drools*

 

[jameslongo]

The shoulder pads are very '80s Nevertheless, the male's colouring is exquisite! His antennae seem a lot chunkier than the female's. Is that a sexual dimorphism or some sort of jpeg/photoshop glitch?

Just a question out of curiosity. This photo is epic. Good job!

 

[PhilinYuma]

The shoulder pads are very '80s Nevertheless, the male's colouring is exquisite! His antennae seem a lot chunkier than the female's. Is that a sexual dimorphism or some sort of jpeg/photoshop glitch?Just a question out of curiosity. This photo is epic. Good job!

Males have chunky antennae to catch them luv pheromones.

http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?ac...olomantis+photo

 

[jameslongo]

Males have chunky antennae to catch them luv pheromones.http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?ac...olomantis+photo

Thanks for doing the research Phil. I'm a man/boy who just wants results & fast. You would expect to see antennae like that on a moth

 

[PhilinYuma]

Well, that didn't work!

 

[PhilinYuma]

Thanks for doing the research Phil. I'm a man/boy who just wants results & fast. You would expect to see antennae like that on a moth

Or a beetle: http://bugguide.net/images/cache/U0S0E0K0M...KOQYKOQZQWR.jpg

Or a moose: http://traitorjoe.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/moose.jpg

 

[Katnapper]

Or a moose: http://traitorjoe.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/moose.jpg

Oh my... that moose is smiling! :lol: Actually, I would love to see "horns" like that on a mantis, lol.

 

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Say you had a mesh cage and you put a female in there that occures locally do youy think males would come up to the cage?

Sorry that is kinda off topic.

 

[Katnapper]

Say you had a mesh cage and you put a female in there that occures locally do youy think males would come up to the cage?Sorry that is kinda off topic.

It's been done.... yes, males will come and gather on the cage.