Empusa mantis nymph hanging under wild carrot flower buds

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:26 am

I hope you like this babe.

To get idea about size see here.

Model Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
Date/time original 21.08.2007 10:49:27
Shutter speed value 1/500 s
Aperture value f/9
ISO speed ratings ISO 200
Focal length 100 mm

This (#2) is a crop from the pic (#1) above.

Model Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
Date/time original 21.08.2007 11:00:03
Shutter speed value 1/400 s
Aperture value f/6.3
ISO speed ratings ISO 200
Focal length 100 mm

jmlphoto · Post by **jmlphoto** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:29 am

i wish i could find one of these they look so cool. awesome shots.

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:51 am

Thanks Jordan.

I think their distribution is limited to Southern Europe and North Africa.

jmlphoto · Post by **jmlphoto** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:52 pm

any mantis will tickle my fancy to be honest, i did not mean that one in particular

its got to be one of the best looking one i have seen though.

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:29 pm

They're incredibly acrobatic creatures in a slow-motion sort of way

. Like Jordan I'd love to check one of these "in the flesh" so to speak, in fact I'm more than a little bit envious of the amazing diversity of Croatian flora and fauna

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Three excellent photos with the subject clearly defined against a clean and complimentary background.

Bruce

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:21 am

These are such exotic looking mantoids that I did a little searching and came up with a few places here in the states and the UK which sell exotic tropical species (captive bred) to keep and bred as pets. Like Creobroter gemmatus (Thailand Flower Mantis), Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii (#9 Mantis), Gongylus gongylodes (Violin Mantis), Phyllocrania paradoxa (Ghost Mantis). It has my wheels turning in my head.