Mantis Photo Gallery - everyone contribute!

[Ben.M]

Amazing pic's everyone Well done 8)

 

[captainmerkin]

heres my latest:

ghost, this one has changed to camoflaged colouration for some reason!

My new Idolomantis (many thanks Ian she? is a beauty)

my little last surviving chinese doesnt really do much this fella

Extosasma 1st Instar, also lives with a 2nd instar (eating rose currently, M.Spectre)

one from elsewhere but I look after these ladies (Phyllium Giaganties)

 

[Birdfly]

A few of my prized specimens,

Plistospilota guineensis

Adult female.

Adult male

Close up of ninth instar, female nymph feeding on a cockroach

Tarachodula pantherina

Nymphs [sorry bout quality]

Idolomantis diabolica

Adult female

Deimatic display from late instar nymph

Hierodula majuscula

Rhombodera fusca

Feeding and mating and feeding again!!

male

female

Green phase nymphs

Deroplatys desiccata

Female

Pre copulation

male

 

[Way.Of.The.Mantis]

Wow that first one, Plistospilota guineensis is a beast! Its must be getting on for 25cm!

 

[Birdfly]

I wish, nah shes about 10-11cm, they can get to 12 cm and i'm inclined to believe it.

 

[mobilmom]

I would also like to know what type of camera and lens you are using.

 

[Birdfly]

Hi, the camera is a Kodak easyshare DX6340, it has a 4x optical zoom which isn't good enough for the small nymphs, needs lots of bright light, but it'll do the larger mantids justice, cheers.

 

[Andyfrog321]

Malaysian Shield mantis (Rhombodera basalis) eating a big mealworm. by Andyfrog321, on Flickr

 

[Andyfrog321]

Budwing Mantis. by Andyfrog321, on Flickr

 

[Andyfrog321]

Leaf mantis poses. by Andyfrog321, on Flickr

 

[Andyfrog321]

Leaf mantis eye 1 by Andyfrog321, on Flickr

 

[Andyfrog321]

Leaf mantis eye 3 by Andyfrog321, on Flickr

 

[Andyfrog321]

Jeweled flower mantis by Andyfrog321, on Flickr

 

[Andyfrog321]

Alien pose by Andyfrog321, on Flickr

 

[Andyfrog321]

Compound eye by Andyfrog321, on Flickr

 

[hibiscusmile]

Doesn't really matter to my what kind of camera you give me, shots will still look the same :{

 

[sporeworld]

Do you have a smart phone? My mom is about as anti-tech as you can get, but she takes fabulous pictures with her iphone. I can get pretty darn good ones with the ipad, as well. It's all automatic - even the focus.

 

[warpdrive]

I'm still amazed at how this thread from 2007 is alive when half my threads from 2010 are gone due to the server reset or change.

Awesome old photos I got to look at, so it was great.

Harry

 

[sporeworld]

+1

 

[yen_saw]

+2

I will play.

Violin mom and baby

Spilomantis occipitalis mating pair