is that a sub-adult ghost male, adult female budwing?
My mystery mantis from Rebecca turned out to be an M. paykulli (haven't looked to hard for sex) that molted to adult today. I really like the wings so I'm going to try and post more pics in a couple of days.Nailed it on the head!cool pic's!
lol Thanks! That's a poster of lava flowing into the ocean that I picked up from Hawaii.
Thanks! When I get a chance I'm going to take some of that tan ghost you sent me. She is so cool!Nice to see your mantids, Bryce!
WhitebalanceWere these from your friend's camera again? I wonder why they all have an orangish hue. :mellow: Otherwise, the P. paradoxa looks great!
And for anyone who found that a little cryptic <_< , the camera's sensor was set for "daylight" and the light source was presumably an incandescent bulb. That's easy to fix, Bryce.Whitebalance
Actually those last shots were from my camera. It's my mom's camera and I'm too inexperienced to have learned the settings yet, but I'll try to figure it out. You think a semester of photography in high school would of taught me something, but I was young and I had other things on my mind like girls and parties. The camera (or operator) is just not good enough! I can't get the mantis focused up close, when I try to take pictures really close the picture actually aims lower than the viewfinder, when I zoom it looks terrible, and when I back away enough for the mantis to appear focused and try and crop the image it still ends up blurry when I upload it onto my computer. I chalk it up to a lack of knowledge, experience, and equipment, but maybe someday I'll get the time and money. Till then, enjoy my fuzzy orange pictures! :lol: 
