Hello. I actually registered 9 months ago but never introduced myself. 
I noticed that the classified rules state that "you must introduce yourself in the Introduce Yourself forum before placing an ad."
I live in Minnesota and first became interested in mantis when I found a site which had Igor Siwanowicz' macro images...many of them were mantis. (If you are interested in macro photography and haven't checked out his images, you should google him.) When I was in Texas last October, I found some praying mantis on the home we rented and photographed them. I found this site when I was googling to see what kind they were. Since then, my interest grew into a passion, and I have bought mantis from seven members so far, and have become friends with a couple of you. My current collection contains 44 mantis (10 different species). Besides mantis, I've been raising Actias Luna and Cecropia for the past 3 - 4 years. Other critters in my home are 3 house rabbits, 1 box turtle who has lived with me for 20 years, 2 baby painted turtles, and 2 red eyed tree frogs.
My plan was to spend a lot of time photographing my mantis, but that hasn't happened. I'm not working at the moment and traveled and photographed in 8 different states in 8 months. But I have made more of an effort the past three weeks and have shared some of my favorite photos with you. Here's a link to my praying mantis gallery. (Newest images are first.)
http://twolfephotos.smugmug.com/Animals-Insects/PrayingMantis/14208616_ZTi9Z
Tammy Wolfe
I noticed that the classified rules state that "you must introduce yourself in the Introduce Yourself forum before placing an ad."I live in Minnesota and first became interested in mantis when I found a site which had Igor Siwanowicz' macro images...many of them were mantis. (If you are interested in macro photography and haven't checked out his images, you should google him.) When I was in Texas last October, I found some praying mantis on the home we rented and photographed them. I found this site when I was googling to see what kind they were. Since then, my interest grew into a passion, and I have bought mantis from seven members so far, and have become friends with a couple of you. My current collection contains 44 mantis (10 different species). Besides mantis, I've been raising Actias Luna and Cecropia for the past 3 - 4 years. Other critters in my home are 3 house rabbits, 1 box turtle who has lived with me for 20 years, 2 baby painted turtles, and 2 red eyed tree frogs.
My plan was to spend a lot of time photographing my mantis, but that hasn't happened. I'm not working at the moment and traveled and photographed in 8 different states in 8 months. But I have made more of an effort the past three weeks and have shared some of my favorite photos with you. Here's a link to my praying mantis gallery. (Newest images are first.)
http://twolfephotos.smugmug.com/Animals-Insects/PrayingMantis/14208616_ZTi9Z
Tammy Wolfe
