Spiney flower mantis

[Morpheus uk]

Since i joined flickr finally i`ll get posting, enjoy

Heres a couple of pics with one of my oldest nymphs observing the landscape on a lavender stem

"Oooh a fly!"

Hopefully more to follow

 

[Way.Of.The.Mantis]

Could do with being slightly closer...but actually that background makes the mantids colouring much more of a contrast.. Well done.

 

[Asa]

Could do with being slightly closer...but actually that background makes the mantids colouring much more of a contrast.. Well done.

What, have you decided to be a photo critic? Those are great pictures Morpheus.

 

[OGIGA]

Awesome pictures! I almost thought the lavender is part of the mantis.

 

[Morpheus uk]

I tried to get in closer but the darn bugger kept leaping on the camera :lol:

 

[jmac27]

Great pics. This is one of my favorite species.

 

[yen_saw]

Nice pics! looks like a male on the second pic. One of my favorite species too.

 

[Ian]

Lovely photos The Pseudos are so photogenic.

 

[Asa]

Heh, heh! Photogenic mantids? Somehow doubt it.

 

[yen_saw]

one pair mated successfully yesterday.

 

[athicks]

This is one of my favorite species They are so beautiful!

 

[spawn]

GOD that was a crazy angle. I had no idea where one mantid started and the other began! Very cool stuff.

 

[Morpheus uk]

Got a couple more

Also my dad wanted to point out he took the last one :roll: :lol:

 

[OGIGA]

Your dad can take pretty nice pictures. :wink: They're all nice pictures.

 

[Asa]

Beautiful...existique...wonderful...

Love the pics

 

[Morpheus uk]

Thx all heres some more

I only have 1 left now, the one on the lavender was the first to go

Heres some my dads photos of his, these were incredibly hard to take bacause i had to hold this big leaf back with tweezers while he took the photo plus the mantis was up side down :lol:

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"GIMMIE THAT CAMERA!"

These last 2 are mine, the camera was running out of battery so it wouldnt focus, think this is what you get when you cross 2 handed feeding with a threat display, weight lifting!

"Almost there..."

 

[Morpheus uk]

Thank god my remaining ones shed, and hes got a pink morph!!!!!!!!1

Woohooo!

 

[Ben.M]

Looks like its been painted

 

[Asa]

I've never seen a mantis lift up two at the same time!