Male Spiny Flower Mantis (5th instar)

[Happy Grumpz]

Absolutely love this little guy, he just gets better and better...

Male Spiny Flower Mantis (5th instar) by Matt Smith, on Flickr

 

[Budwing]

Stunning photo.

 

[Happy Grumpz]

Thank you

 

[MantisGirl13]

Beautiful! Can we see more pics? Also, I may be wrong, but that nymph looks more female than male. 

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

a beautiful picture

 

[hysteresis]

Beautiful! Can we see more pics? Also, I may be wrong, but that nymph looks more female than male. 

- MantisGirl13

The last spikes are far smaller. Hard to see I agree, but that is only seen on males. Plus, the antennae are coarse. I dunno.

 

[hysteresis]

But yeah WOW! What a great shot!

More! More! Please!

 

[Happy Grumpz]

Beautiful! Can we see more pics? Also, I may be wrong, but that nymph looks more female than male. 

- MantisGirl13

You may well be right, I'm still very new to Mantids.

Here's the same one at L2...

Spiny Flower Mantis (2nd instar) by Matt Smith, on Flickr

 

[MantisGirl13]

What a cutie!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Milkyway]

How beautiful! 

 

[Mystymantis]

Amazing pictures!