By awild on February 10, 2009. Tenodera aridifolia, Arizona. photo details: Canon 100mm f2.8 macro lens on a Canon EOS 20D ISO 100, 1/250 sec, f/14, indirect strobe in a white box Tags fun insects fun More like this What a gorgeous mantid! I've always had a soft spot for the little critters. (It's probably somewhere on my fingers, where I was always getting pinched and scratched by the mantids I annoyed when I was a kid.) :-) Yeah, it's just a baby, too. But still a vicious predator.
What a gorgeous mantid! I've always had a soft spot for the little critters. (It's probably somewhere on my fingers, where I was always getting pinched and scratched by the mantids I annoyed when I was a kid.) :-)
What a gorgeous mantid! I've always had a soft spot for the little critters. (It's probably somewhere on my fingers, where I was always getting pinched and scratched by the mantids I annoyed when I was a kid.) :-)
Yeah, it's just a baby, too. But still a vicious predator.