Praying Mantis Shots... let's see 'em!

[budohio]

"Oooohhhh... are you talking about ME?"

"Hey... did anyone else hear that?"

"Woo Hooooo!!! I can twirl my antennae!"

Pssssst... hey.... yeah, you...

"But soft... what light through yonder butterfly weed breaks...?"

The Invasion

[ehreng]

[erichmangl]

http://forum.pbase.com/viewtopic.php?t=15501

[budohio]

Ehreng - Great shot!

Erich - fun mantis shot and thanks for linking to the previous mantis thread

Great stuff in your gallery!

Here's another one of mine...

"Mid-Term for "Preying 101" - 'Catch another insect equal to your size'

[dang]

Of course, I love these guys!
Here's one from last year, haven't ran across any this year though. Hopefully I will before the season ends. Thanks for the thread, I hated to dig out the old one to post more shots.

Canon EOS 350D ,Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM ,EF 1:1 Converter, Flash
1/200s f/18.0 at 100.0mm iso200

Gallery here: http://www.pbase.com/dang/praying_mantis

[a_zeitler]

[cecil_chan]

[erichmangl]

Thanks for the thread, I hated to dig out the old one to post more shots.

why ? shy ?

[budohio]

[kelsling]

[ed_sawyer]

[img]http://www.pbase.com/ed_sawyer/image/(86637079]/medium.jpg[/img]

[creativewisegal]

http://www.pbase.com/creativewisegal/image/84894537

[grompem]

This one is from Southern Japan

[shawnkraus]

[dapascha]