Mantids
Jan 30, 2017 23:20:47 #
A pair of 2-inch immature preying mantids. They stared at each other for a while, then tried to beat-up each other. I put them in different bushes to cool off!
Jan 30, 2017 23:43:48 #
Jan 31, 2017 02:27:14 #
Jan 31, 2017 04:01:11 #
Nice expressive poses and clean shots. These always look so passive but I wouldn't want to be a creature captured by one, they take no prisoners 
Jan 31, 2017 04:13:27 #
Jan 31, 2017 09:33:21 #
Jan 31, 2017 09:53:36 #
Very good. I can't place the species. It has a notably broad pronotum and a black mark on the inside of the front femur.
Jan 31, 2017 10:13:12 #
Maybe the garden mantis (Orthodera ministralis). In any case it was fun looking for them, as you have many interesting mantids down there.
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