European mantis swinging his claws around on the back of a chair

I keep callin him green bean so i guess hes green bean now 🫛

#mantis #europeanmantis

A front-facing European Mantis amid Hollyhocks

My new friend sitting perfectly still on a hollyhock. #EuropeanMantis #Insectsky

Mantis religiosa

#Mantisreligiosa #Mantis #EuropäischeGottesanbeterin #Gottesanbeterin #Europeanmantis #Mantereligieuse #mantidereligiosa #santateresa #Insekt #insect #Nature #NaturePhotography

Mantis religiosa

#Mantisreligiosa #Mantis #EuropäischeGottesanbeterin #Gottesanbeterin #Europeanmantis #Mantereligieuse #mantidereligiosa #santateresa #Insekt #insect #Nature #NaturePhotography

The #Europeanmantis is a large #hemimetabolicinsect in the family of the #Mantidae. Their common name #prayingmantis is derived from the distinctive posture of the first pair of legs that can be observed in animals in repose. I hope she laid eggs last year so I can have natural pest control.

The majority of the frame is occupied by a royal blue t-shirt. The screen print features a retro-1970’s style circle made of horizontal lines that go from graduating shades of red and orange at the bottom to lighter yellow, white, and blue at the top. The non-printed, royal blue center of the t-shirt shows a silhouette of a praying mantis on a thorny blackberry cane. At the very bottom of the frame, a tiny, real, live, straw-colored praying mantis makes the exact pose as the one on the t-shirt! The t-shirt serves as an artistic amplification of the tiny, real mantis perched on my son’s arm.

I almost forgot the “Big & Small” challenge for today’s “Februarty” challenge. Taken last July with my mantis-crazy son: #PrayingMantis #Invertebrates #Entomology #Februarty #BigAndSmall #Nature #Photography #EuropeanMantis #PNW

#MantidMonday anyone?!

Some shots of my preserved late mantis, Monty. His feline, alien grace was mesmerizing.

#Mantisreligiosa #Europeanmantis #insects #bugsky #buglove #macro #taxidermy

Photo of a European mantis. It is coloured a vibrant green and looks right into the camera.

To start, a European mantis I found with a friend in the wilderness during a beautiful autumn afternoon.

#prayingmantis #europeanmantis #insectphotography

Praying mantis on an unseasonably warm day.

#macrophotography #prayingmantis #europeanmantis

Couldn't tell if this was in focus while taking it, not the best but it's what I got of this mantis.

#macrophotography #prayingmantis #europeanmantis

Illustration in bright colours of a European Mantis.

Invertober 20: European Mantis

#procreate #digitalart #invertober #invertober2023 #europeanmantis #prayingmantis #mantis #mantis #art