little orchid mantis

[MikhailsDinos]

Enjoy!

 

[agent A]

loooove it :tt1:

 

[aNisip]

Beautiful! I love the border, it just adds to the mantis's eloquence

 

[sally]

Wonderful!

 

[ismart]

Pretty! Love the pink/purple hue.

 

[Termite48]

Nice work, Mikail!

 

[MikhailsDinos]

Thanks. Newly molted adult female Creobroter apicalis.

 

[MikhailsDinos]

Just a few fun pics.

 

[agent A]

very nice! i find the apicalis to be one of the more photogenic creo species, even the males seem calm enough to handle for short periods of time

 

[MikhailsDinos]

Very true.The males can be calmer than most. Its a fun species to work with.

 

[agent A]

Very true.The males can be calmer than most. Its a fun species to work with.

The only 2 things i have to refrigerate (for only 2 minutes just to slow them down, i think yen has done this before, he gave me the idea, it doesnt harm them) so they wouldnt run or fly away from the camera before i could turn it on

Adult male creo gems and sybilla pretiosa

But the apicalis r very calm for creos, if u have xtra ooths i would like to buy some from u

 

[MikhailsDinos]

That's a good idea for some close macros! I'll let you know, soon, soon. Ill take some pics of the ootheca.

 

[AxolotlsAreCoolToo]

their eyes have such interesting texure and lust!

 

[MikhailsDinos]

50mm segma macro lens With extension tubes

 

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[mantid_mike]

great pics! I really like the contrast in this one.

 

[MikhailsDinos]

Thank you! The mantis love the orchid room, also good light for macro shots

 

[MikhailsDinos]