Insect pray
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Praying mantis
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This shot was taken in my backyard, just as this praying mantis was passing in front of a yellow mum !
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I love this little Praying Mantis; he seemed to be very curious. Shot in my yard in Anderson, northern CA. / / __ / All The Materials Contained May Not Be Reproduced, Copied, Edited, Published, Transmitted Or Uploaded In Any Way Without My Permission. My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. © 2007 Joyce Dickens: Using my images for any purpose and in any way, without prior permission, may lead to legal action!
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This Praying Mantis appears to be injured and yet still very confident and protective of his territory (namely, My Yard). We had such fun together! I hope you enjoy this one. ____ All The Materials Contained May Not Be Reproduced, Copied, Edited, Published, Transmitted Or Uploaded In Any Way Without My Permission. My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. / © 2007 Joyce Dickens: Using my images for any purpose and in any way, without prior permission, may lead to legal action.
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The Piano (Man)tis brings down the house with this raucous encore number !
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Sphodromantis gastrica – From head to tail it measured approx 40mm or 1,5” Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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I don’t know if this is factual, fictional, or a bit of each, but the most commonly circulated story about how the ladybug got its name is quite interesting. According to that account, quite a long time ago in Europe, a small farming village was experiencing unprecedented problems with insects that kept devouring the crops. Faced with certain ruin, the peasants fell to their knees and began to beg the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary to send help in their calamity. Their simple faith was soon rewarded. The farmers began to notice a change in the crops. The dying foliage started to revitalize and greenness once again appeared on the landscape. Something was definitely reversing the devastation. As they looked closer, the farmers noticed small red bugs with black dots festooning their tiny concave, shell-like, bodies. Like soldiers called in to battle, they were eating the culprits—destructive aphids. “Our Lady’s bugs, Our Lady’s beetles,” the grateful villagers proclaimed. Eventually, as the small insects became a familiar part of their lives, the people shortened their name to ladybugs, the term by which they are still known today and perhaps one of the reasons why they are so well-loved. Whatever the case, ladybugs are the allies of farmers; they are tiny soldiers that patrol the fields making sure there will be food on the table for everyone.
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Mantis on Day Lily. Olympus E510. Vivitar Series 1 90mm.
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The “all you can eat” Labor Day Weekend Buffet continues! After polishing off the Daddy Long Legs spider, the same mantis went back for seconds. Here, the mantis has just caught a Flower Fly and is polishing off some wings. Hey-Save some for dessert!!!
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I snapped this closeup as this mantis hopped onto a cluster of colorful backyard flowers!
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As it started to rain, I thought to myself, “if he’s sticking around, then so am I. As the rain drops started piling up on both of us, I managed to capture this pretty scene before the real deluge began !
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As it started to rain, I thought to myself, “if he’s sticking around, then so am I.” As the rain drops started piling up on both of us, I managed to capture this pretty scene before the real deluge / began ! (Windsor, CT.)
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Neither the mantis nor myself were smart enough to come out of the rain, so we just hung out together until the brief sunshower passed us by !
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The stress is starting to clearly show on the face of Apollo 13 astronaut , Jim Lovell, as he desperately tries to maneuver the spacecraft back into earth orbit ! (Windsor, CT.)
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Mantodea or mantises is an order of insects which contains approximately 2,000 species in 9 families worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. Most of the species are in the family Mantidae. Historically, the term “mantid” was used to refer to any member of the order because for most of the past century, only one family was recognized within the order; technically, however, the term only refers to this one family, meaning the species in the other eight recently-established families are not mantids, by definition (i.e., they are empusids, or hymenopodids, etc.), and the term “mantises” should be used when referring to the entire order. A colloquial name for the order is “praying mantises”, because of the typical “prayer-like” stance. The term is often mis-spelled as “preying mantis”, and this an eggcorn since mantises are notoriously predatory. The word mantis is Greek for “prophet” or “fortune teller”. In Europe, the name “praying mantis” refers to only a single species, Mantis religiosa. The closest relatives of mantises are the orders Isoptera (termites) and Blattodea (cockroaches), and these three groups together are sometimes ranked as an order rather than a superorder. / About 20 species are native to the United States, including the common Carolina mantis, and only one in Canada. Two species (the Chinese mantis and the European Mantis) were deliberately introduced to serve as pest control for agriculture, and have spread widely in both countries. While it is legal to keep native mantises as pets or to sell egg cases for gardening, non-native species are illegal to possess and release in the United States, under the Non Native Invasive Species Act of 1992.(wiki) / / / /
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This is Einstein the Praying Mantis, he was a 2nd grade class pet. The children were having a hard time finding crickets to feed him so they asked if I would like to take him home. They requested that I take a bunch of pictures of him too. I have tons ! I hope it makes them happy. These are very interesting insects, they are almost like pets. They follow you around by turning their faces toward you and they like to crawl out of their little home and onto your hand. I let him out to hang out on some indoor flowers while I’m cleaning his cage.
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Praying Mantis. This insect gets it’s name from the way in which it’s two front legs are bent and held together, suggesting the position of a prayer. Any profits made from the purchase of this piece, will be donated to the Wildlife-appeal / /
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Preying Mantis. The are over 2000 species of Praying Mantis around the world. They are predatory insects and are closely related to cockroaches. Any profits made from the purchase of this piece, will be donated to the Wildlife-appeal / /
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All from www.sxc.hu / hand and glass ball by luckystock / fairy by biewoef / Insect by dishlicker Featured on : / Photo Manipulators / Weekly Theme Challenges / Animal Composites and Fine Art / Fantasy Art / Surrealism / Dream and Fantasy Art / Graphic Editing 101
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Praying Mantis from San Antonio, Texas. Camera: Nikon D50, Lens: Tamron 90 mm 1:2.8. As of Nov 22, 2009: 393 views. Featured in Nikon DSLR Users Group: March, 2009. Featured in #1 ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE: March, 2009. Featured in Natural Color and Light: March, 2009. Featured in Photography 101: April, 2009.
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Order MANTODEA- family – Sibyllidae – The “Sibylla pretiosa” mantids A performance that is suppose to “scare”, any predator, was to me a very “elegant” scare!
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Panania Australia Canon 5D mk 2 ISO 400 F16 1/60 sec 65mm MPE 4.5X — no cropping Ring Flash used
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...or is it Mrs? I saw this little fella on our hydrangea bush and immediately ran to get my camera. It wasn’t camera shy one bit! :) FEATURED on the Red Bubble Home Page 8/09/09! / FEATURED in the group Live…Love…and Dream – Aug. 09. / FEATURED in the group Focus and Lighting – Sept. 09. / SOLD TWO as a greating card – Aug. 09 / TOP 10 CHALLENGE placement in You’re Accepted – Oct. 09
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