Praying Mantids (portrait) by Colin_Ewington

Photography • Macro • posted on Mar 01, 2007

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Description

(Orthodera ministralis) Their large eyes help keep a sharp lookout for food, this one was more interested in what I was doing. Both adults and immature insects look similar, except that the adult males usually have fully functional wings while the females and nymphs usually only have wing buds or no wings at all.

Comments (14)

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auntietk

7:32PM | Thu, 01 March 2007

Hey cool! It's Zorak! Nice portrait. What a great capture!

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delbeke

7:54PM | Thu, 01 March 2007

Absolutely fantastic photograph! Excellent

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Richardphotos

8:13PM | Thu, 01 March 2007

I love mantis and an awesome macro you have shared

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zoren

8:16PM | Thu, 01 March 2007

very nice....!!

amorales

8:55PM | Thu, 01 March 2007

Fantastic macro.

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Biffowitz

8:58PM | Thu, 01 March 2007

Amazing shot!!

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mps

9:04PM | Thu, 01 March 2007

Wonderful close up of this guy. They are neat looking insects.

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LouLouBell

4:15AM | Fri, 02 March 2007

Wow, nice macro, just love these lil critters ..have heaps in the garden at the momment.

kjpweb

7:09AM | Fri, 02 March 2007

Perfect! Exceptional detail and brilliant colors!

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MaydaMason

7:55AM | Fri, 02 March 2007

what a funny smile! :)

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CavalierLady

8:44AM | Fri, 02 March 2007

Incredible detail! Wonderful macro!

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mark.spooner

2:13PM | Fri, 02 March 2007

Beautiful macro work!

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greybeard101

3:24PM | Fri, 02 March 2007

What an expression!....as if to see you pointing the camera in it's direction and say, in the manner of a sales clerk,......."can I help you with something?"

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