Praying Mantis by drace68
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Description
They get large by the first of October in Tulsa. This one is 2.4 inch long (head and body). Was about to take down my solar dehydration device when I saw him/her near the hook eye under the eaves.
The image is inverted. Had a devil of a time shooting this - hook is about 7.5 feet up, and he/she's not much to focus on. The lighting, of course stinks. No photo edit save to invert and re-size.
He/she is climbing down a plank I leaned against the solar device as I upload this image.
Happy trails, Mantis.
Comments (13)
mariogiannecchini
Bella cattura !
durleybeachbum
They are so interesting.. I wish we had them here.
santicor
awesome capture- I love the way they turn their heads and look at you - and you caught that moment I have one that I captured this summer on my artist page. I was really surprised to see it's red markings in the photo: http://www.renderosity.com/homepage.php?userid=580115
drace68
Thanks for the kind comments. Yes, they do turn that triangular head to look at you. Manticor's hot link link To enable hot links in text or reply, try hot_link Dick
jocko500
fun to try to get these shots. wonderful done
THROBBE
Cool shot!
bmac62
Unique Dick. Green head looking our way is very interesting...eyes are mighty difficult to see but they must be there. Excellent capture.
M2A
Looks pretty and interesting.
Richardphotos
I have always enjoyed mantis. it turned out well
Rhanagaz
Interesting pic - does he/she tries to figure out to loosen the knot?
e-brink
Fascinating creatures.
Foo-Dog
Sounds like a difficult shot. It is a great capture of a mantis. I wonder how he would do with a foil? ;)
ragouc
Good macro.