Phyllocrania paradoxa, Ghost mantis male

[papilio_]

Phyllocrania paradoxa, Ghost mantis male




















Here he is (or one of his two siblings, only got three out of the ooth) just after hatching.

 

[dmina]

Perfection ... Papilio... beautiful photo's ... I never get tired of your photo's... I just wish you could take pictures of my green female ghost... she is beautiful... I would love to see her up close like this...

 

[papilio_]

Thank you so much dmina!

I envy you having a green Ghost! I'd gotten one several months ago but she died during one of her molts.

Here's my favorite photo of her ... she wasn't (at least yet) so much green as pale greenish-yellow, but backlighting helped bring out more of the color.

 

[dmina]

very pretty... sorry you lost her.. here are a couple pics of mine.. I was blessed with 4

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[papilio_]

WOW!!! How gorgeous, that is green!

I've only seen a truly green one like yours once, at the Minnesota Zoo's Insect Exhibit this summer. Very high on my want list!!