that mantis is something special - very nice shot!

As for the cicada - what an ugly little fellow - if you look at the red bits in the middle of its head it looks like two eyes a nose and a mouth opening :)

"In every colour, there's the light.
In every stone sleeps a crystal.
Remember the Shaman, when he used to say:
Man is the dream of the Dolphin"

Rich Meadows Photography