mantis

Orthodera ministralis - Garden Mantis (immature)Melbourne, Australia Technical details: Lens: Canon 100mm f2.8 macro lens Body: Canon EOS D60 dSLR Flash: Canon 550 EX, bounced off white paper above mantid Settings: ISO 100, f/19, 1/200 sec
OK, keeping with the wildlife theme: I recently found a photoset on Flickr called Tiny Things On Fingers. So yeah, here's a nice little subset. Baby Sugar Glider. Look at the paws on that guy! He's got hulk hands. I don't care what you say. Even baby insects, like this mantis here, are cute. Nothing cuter than a baby pygmy anything, like this baby pygmy marmoset. A baby octopus to make the hearts of the mollusk-lovin' boys at Other 95% and the cephalopod-obsessed PZ Myers skip a beat.
These come from photographer Igor Siwanowicz. Absolutely spectacular. Check out tons of his incredible work here. Idolomantis diabolica Unidentified Idolomantis diabolica Pnigomantis
Some great mantis pics from InsectHobbyist: Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii Hatchling (Spiny Flower Mantis) Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii Adult Pseudocreobotra Ocellata Nymph/Villain from Halo Pseudocreobotra Ocellata Deroplatys lobata Species unidentified Freak out techno mantis!