Flasher
A full-body shot of the flashiest mantis around, the Devil’s Flower Mantis (Idolomantis diabolica – it bears one of the coolest sounding Latin names too), in a threatening position.
A visual cocktail, it’s beautiful and spooky, elegant and creepy.
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Alan Findlater
nice shot well caught
Matt Sillence
errrr. horrible looking thing.. great capture
Lisa Kenny
Very cool photo ~ It’s like he’s posing for you
Peter Nowak
Amazing critter and cool shot!
Rachael Taylor
What an image! An amazing shot, very well taken!
Terry Best
Holy cow! That thing looks like an alien!
Awesome!
zee1
Amazing image of an amazing creature, well done.
Peter Coleman
this is the best critter i have seen in a long time, they were here before us and will be here after us, great work
Sara Wiggins
That is so amazing and strange looking. Love it.
Tom Newman
Great photography blepharopsis, the detail, colour and DoF is absolutely outstanding. A beautiful photograph :-)
Nicole Goggins
OMG! this is amazing!!!
jesika
This is amazing
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RichardV
Fantastic shot. Well captured.
AJGPhoto81
Straight out of a horror movie! Amazing shot.
Mariette/Flowi...
very cool
Leah Highland
perfect detail
rita flanagan
Wow! this is wicked. You are talanted for sure.
Peta Hurley-Hill
Cool shot wonderful capture
Damian
Cool shot – it reminds me of a latin dancer.
xxhelen90xx
wow
Scott Ruhs
Amazing!
Jeremy Ham
what a crazy looking creature!
LostBoy1
Bloody Wicked Mate!!
Kitsmumma
WOW!! I’ve never seen one these guys. Absolutely incredible and what a fantastic shot. Excellent work.
micmac
I’m realy impressed by this little thing ,a real piece of art,stunning capture.
marts1
Unbelieveable
kelvin lee
this shot is stunning!
dinghysailor1
Unbelievably delicate, colourful and just plain amazing!
Siamesecat
And interesting and strange an alien from another world..
Well done nice immage…
Derek1972
That is the most fantastic Mantis shot I have ever seen!! Excellent work!!
KellyThomas
mind blowing stuff, amazing, beautiful insect.
KellyThomas
i can’t stop looking at it!! One of the best photos I have ever seen. He looks great framed… will have to see how much tax I get back!! hehe.
Shannon Plummer
This is awesome – especially the DOF. Can you give away your lens/settings – I’d be very interested to know your shutter speed and aperture for this one, plus any flash/lighting – stunning!!
Devalyn Marshall
Amazing image!!
Heather Rivet...
freaky but awsome
Tamara Bobst
Amazing
Beatriz Cruz
Fantastic capture,what a pose Excellent!!
Jonne Seijdel
Perfect detail and set-up, great!
Normf
What a awsome creature. Unbelievable. Of course the photographer did great to capture this blepharopsis
But just the same I’ve never seen any thing like this and to pose! Wow
Normf
Igor I meant to ask. Is this a natural defense pose for these Mantids? By the way your insect (and repitle macros are amazing.
Kevin Mathieu
Awesome shot !