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Mantis religiosa
Spotted on Oct 17, 2009
Submitted on Jun 2, 2011
14 Comments
Not Mantis religiosa. Iris oratoria?
The boxer
Thank you very much for your comments Steffi and Nicholas!!!
nice close up shot! formitable mandibles!!
Fantastic shot!
Scaring hug!!! Nice!!!!
These photos have a great perspective, It is like if the mantis was posing for you
nice posing on 2nd picture...
Thank you all for your comments!!
my favoryte animal!
Such a cool Picture! You should really submit this to the National Geographic user Photo section online! It is really fantastic!
very cool pic!
Please reload first picture. Its better looking hugging mantis than praying.. :)
He's walking tall! Nice photo hope your camera survived :)