Praying Mantis
This Praying mantis (or mantid if you prefer) is Tenodera australasiae It is found throughout Australia but mainly in the south east. They measure 80 - 90 mm. It's prey includes insects such as flies and bees. This one was found in my backyard here in Tasmania.
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Lighthouse at Tarbat Ness, Scotland |
Photo 1 -Peekaboo! Come human I show you something
Photo 2 - we have to go that way!
Photo 3 - No human! You are looking the wrong way!
photo 4 - Heyy... where did the human go? :o
That fits perfectly 😀
Apologies for the late reply. I seem to have missed all the replies in this post.
They are funny looking creatures :)
No worries :)
Hey.
Excellent pictures. Very detailed. Maybe you should join the new Steemit Photo Challenge. The theme this time is Nature Macro :)
I wish you a nice Sunday my friend.
Thanks. Would like to have but this was an older shot. Its been raining heavily most of the week here.
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STOPas always perfect pictures from you :D 💗 i must admit, i hade a iffy feel with the first 1, ha ha ha
Thanks. Yes it looks like some sort of alien invader doesn't it.
Yes i kind of thought so 😀👍🏻
Woah impressive photos @mostly.nature!!
I see u got more of awesome posts! Upvoted, resteemed and followed 😎
Thanks very much. Glad you enjoyed them.
Apologies for the late reply.
Haha no Problem @mostly.nature! 😄
amazing portrait shot.
am sure there's mantis where I shoot but I have not seen one. I need to know what plants and where it normally hides :)
Thank you. They can be diffucult to find as they are so well camofluaged.
What a gorgeous mantid! I'm up in NSW and we get a lot of green ones. Recently had one in our classroom to observe his behaviour. Released him about a week later.
Terrific photos!
Nick
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it. Yes they are most fascinating insects.
Brilliant macros @mostly.nature. I've just this morning thrown out from my room one such model for not being so colorful 😉 Upvoted, resteemed & DPS.
Thanks. I hope your mantid doesn't read what you just said about it ;-)
WOW , these are awesome , Iove them , that first one is incredible :)
Thanks very much!