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#mantis

Heather
2 days ago

I put three locusts in my ghost #mantis's container today. She ate the first easily enough... I saw her munching on the second and also saw the third, larger locust walk towards her...
And then I saw it climb onto her while she had her pinchers full, and it legit looked like it tried to nibble her arm?? It's kinda bonkers looking. When I looked again (I was busy cooking my own dinner) the big locust was on the bottom of the cage so she may have knocked it off.

An awkward photo of a large locust climbing onto the front half of a ghost mantis, which has already nibbled the head off another locust in her pinchers/forearms
Lukas VF Novak
5 days ago

#OrchidMantises: Research discovers their petal-shaped femoral lobes may actually be used for gliding https://phys.org/news/2023-11-orchid-mantises-petal-shaped-femoral-lobes.html paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960982223015178

"orchid #mantis nymphs are excellent gliders, exhibiting the shallowest gliding trajectories in terrestrial #invertebrates... expansion of femoral lobes throughout ontogeny reduced wing loading, improved gliding efficiency... These lobes represent the first documented rigid #exoskeleton structures enabling gliding"

photo of an orchid mantis, an insect camouflaging as a flower

#Mantis: a security framework that automates the workflow of discovery, reconnaissance, and vulnerability scanning 👇💡

https://github.com/PhonePe/mantis

#cybersecurity #cybersecuritytools #vulnerabilities

mgerique
6 days ago

I have only been taking insect photos for two years and I know very little about photography. But what I have learned is how to find them...
iPhone 15 Pro main camera and ultra-wide-angle camera macro mode.
My other macros in:
https://www.instagram.com/mymacrominitips/

Sólo llevo dos años haciendo fotos de insectos y sé muy poco de fotografía. Pero lo que si he aprendido es a encontrarlos…

Ich fotografiere Insekten erst seit zwei Jahren und weiß sehr wenig über Fotografie. Aber was ich gelernt habe, ist, wie man sie findet....

#macro #macrophotography
#insects #animals #nature
#shotonmobile #shotoniphone
#mantis

September bush flower (Polygala myrtifolia) in which you can barely see a mantis.
Mantis hidden in the leaves of an september bush flower (Polygala myrtifolia)
mgerique
2 weeks ago

This mantis poses for this photograph on some september bush flower (Polygala myrtifolia) leaves. You can't see it in the photo, but I counted eight segments on the abdomen, which would indicate that it is a male specimen.
iPhone 15 Pro main camera + the lens of binoculars used as reading glasses for close focusing.
Early November in Valencia.
My other macros in:
https://www.instagram.com/mymacrominitips/

Esta mantis posa para la fotografía sobre unas hojas de Lechera del Cabo (Polygala myrtifolia). En La foto no se puede ver, pero he contado ocho segmentos en el abdomen, lo que indicaría que es un ejemplar macho.

Diese Gottesanbeterin posiert für dieses Foto auf einigen Blättern der Kreuzblume Blüte (Polygala myrtifolia). Man kann es auf dem Foto nicht sehen, aber ich habe acht Segmente auf dem Hinterleib gezählt, was darauf hindeutet, dass es sich um ein Männchen handelt.

#macro #macrophotography
#insects #animals #nature
#shotonmobile #shotoniphone
#bee #mantis

This mantis poses for this photograph on some september bush flower (Polygala myrtifolia) leaves.
This mantis poses for this photograph on some september bush flower (Polygala myrtifolia) leaves.
AI6YR
2 weeks ago

It's deliberately moving with the wind, trying to look like a branch... hoping a bee or other insect accidentally lands on it. Lots of bees cleaning out some empty equipment right there. It's pretty fat because it eats lots of bees. #mantis #hunting

Zee
2 weeks ago

I started #Starfield NG+5 today, and without even touching down on Jemmis I ripped through the #Mantis mission and have already #pirated my first class C, from Galbank

Having to grind artifacts to get to NG10 sucks, but at least you can get through it in a few hours- and each time I make drastically different choices. It keeps things interesting

#Starfield is a fun game, and having a chance to make different decisions is great! But lack of #accessibility options literally makes me feel #sick

Gemma Sarracenia
2 weeks ago

Sigh. I suppose my current life situation means I shouldn't be ignoring my side hustle so much, so I guess this is the time to point out I have the perfect image for you to send on a postcard to your bestie to commend their predatory nature and how inspirational it is.

https://www.redbubble.com/i/postcard/Inspirational-Mantis-by-Tippitiwichet/149265689.V7PMD?asc=u

#smallArtist #photography #insects #mantis #carnivorousPlants

Itty bitty cutie baby mantis nymph hangs by their back feet from the lip of a pitcher plant trap, bright blue sky with fluffy clouds and a bit of actual lens flare, like the kind they used to have before filters.
Morax
1 month ago
Two panel photo
Top. Two kids looking at a praying mantis. 
Kid 1: Whoa cool! A praying mantis!
Kid 2: Whatya think he's praying about?

Bottom panel photo of mantis on blade of grass
Mantis: “🎶And I pray, oh my god do I pray, I pray every single day, For a revolution”
mgerique
1 month ago

I took these two photos of a mantis in a park in Valencia, one with the macro function of the ultra wide-angle camera of the iPhone 15 Pro and the other by placing a binoculars lens over the main camera. I think I like the second one better because the shallower depth of field and bokeh effect make the mantis stand out.
iPhone 15 Pro + the lens of binoculars
My other macros in:
https://www.instagram.com/mymacrominitips/

Hice estas dos fotos de una mantis en un parque de Valencia, una con la función macro de la cámara ultra gran angular del iPhone 15 Pro y la otra superponiendo la lente de unos binoculares a la cámara principal. Creo que me gusta más la segunda porque la menor profundidad de campo y efecto bokeh hacen destacar a la mantis.

Ich habe diese beiden Fotos einer Gottesanbeterin in einem Park in Valencia aufgenommen, eines mit der Makrofunktion der ultra wide-angle Kamera des iPhone 15 Pro und und das andere, indem ich ein Fernglas über die Hauptkamera gesetzt habe. Ich glaube, das zweite gefällt mir besser, weil die geringere Schärfentiefe und der Bokeh-Effekt die Gottesanbeterin hervorheben.

macro #macrolens #macrophotography
#insects #animals #nature
#shotoniphone
#mantis

I took these two photos of a mantis in a park in Valencia, one with the macro function of the ultra wide-angle camera of the iPhone 15 Pro and the other by placing a binoculars lens over the main camera.
I think I like the second one better because the shallower depth of field and bokeh effect make the mantis stand out.
Sylvia Wright
1 month ago

She's still here. Day 3. #mantis #CAinsects

A praying mantis on a wooden wall
FierceAxolotl :twitch:
1 month ago

Hi fellow #IndieGame enthusiasts!

We're playing more #HollowKnight for our Tough Thursdays streams. My goal today is to attempt the #Mantis #Challenge, and go from there. You're welcomed to join 🦗

:twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/fierceaxolotl

#Hallownest #TwitchStreamer #Twitch #IndieGames

Cover image of Hollow Knight featuring an axolotl and a photo of Fierce wearing a green shirt. It reads, Hollow Knight ft. custom axolotl skin stream #5 twitch.tv/fierceaxolotl
Sylvia Wright
1 month ago

Wore my grippy water shoes up on the roof to blow off leaves and clear the drain channels.

Satisfying to see the filter holes on the gutter covers re-emerge. And to return to the ground not as a ladder-accident statistic.

Ready for more #rain
#NevadaCountyCA #CAwx #CAinsects #insects #bugphotography #naturephotography

Meanwhile, the female #mantis I discovered last night is still hanging out by the garage door.

Photo of a praying mantis with spiny, spindly legs; spindly neck; tiny triangular head; and a large, tear-shaped abdomen. It is clinging to painted wood siding.
NABU Mittleres Kinzigtal e.V.
1 month ago

Die europäische Gottesanbeterin, lat. mantis religiosa findet sich auch im Kinzigtal, hier bei Gengenbach in den Reben. Sie ist auf der Roten Liste als gefährdet geführt und gesetzlich besonders geschützt.
#gottesanbeterin #Artenschutz #mantis #Naturbeobachtung

Eine Gottesanbeterin schaut kopfüber den Betrachter*in an.
Ian Rose
2 months ago

Digging through yesterday's pictures, I was thrilled to have gotten a decent capture of this mantis. It was such a quick look and most of the shots were blurry, but one came good. They have such great personality. I love the "Excuse me, no thank you" posture.

#insects #mantis #Oregon #PNW

A brown praying mantis standing on a stalk of dry grass. Its head is turned toward the camera and its two front legs are pointed to the left while its two long antennae stretch out to the right. The mantis's eyes are a light cloudy green.
AI6YR
2 months ago

Mantis and the bee (RIP). #mantis #insects #photography #wildlife #bee

Praying Mantis on the side of a beehive box, holding the remains of a bee... which is being bitten into little pieces and chewed for lunch.
Mrs K Husky
2 months ago

Bumped into this lovely lady hanging out in a wheel!
#mantis #insects #andalucia #spain

A green praying mantis inside the wheel of a car looking at the camera.
Frank Ashwood
2 months ago

This was my first experience of a wild praying mantis!

There's something so fascinating and otherworldly about them, which just adds to their beauty.

#macrophotography #entomology #mantis #nature #naturephotography

A photograph of a white praying mantis hanging upside down from a twig, looking towards the camera.

@Roberta0R Sono #insetti BELLISSIMI e fondamentali per l'ecosistema, nonostante una nomea terribile costruita prevalentemente (almeno nel mio caso😉 ) dal (pure quello bellissimo) #Anime dell' #ApeMagà che, molti non lo sanno, nella versione antropomorfa NON era una femminuccia come è stata trasformata in italiano, ma un maschietto

(cfr. The Adventures of #Hutch the Honeybee - 昆虫物語 みなしごハッチ, Konchū Monogatari: Minashigo Hatchi)

#Mantis #mantide #mantidereligiosa

Drub
2 months ago

One on the house numbers on Friday morning & one in the pumpkin patch just now, next to the red velvet yarrow. #insects #prayingmantis #mantis #garden #gardening

A brown and green sticklike praying mantis on my house numbers in the front porch area on Friday morning.
A mint green praying mantis on a pumpkin leaf near the red velvet flower crowns of yarrow in my garden in the back yard.
Simone Gotti 📸
2 months ago

A female mantis that's probably pregnant.

Edited with #darktable

This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

#photography #naturephotography #macrophotography
#insects
#mantis

A green female mantis attached to a green leaf.
Simone Gotti 📸
2 months ago

Praying mantis eggs sack. Not yet opened.

Edited with #darktable

This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

#photography #naturephotography #macrophotography
#insects
#mantis
#eggs

A praying mantis egg sack attached to a brown branch.
RiffReporter
2 months ago

🪲Jeden Monat küren @SigridMaerz und @buddepiept bei uns das Insekt des Monats. Im September ist es die Gottesanbeterin. Bei ihnen endet die Paarung für die Männchen oft tödlich.

https://www.riffreporter.de/de/wissen/gottesanbeterin-insekt-des-monats

#insekt #mantis #entomologie

Bild: Eine Gottesanbeterin auf einem Ast; Text: "Unser Insekt des Monats September: Die Gottesanbeterin verspeist oft noch während der Paarung das Männchen"
mgerique
3 months ago

A tiny (3 cm) female European Dwarf Mantis (Ameles Spallanziana) hunting ants on a vine in the garden. She soon got used to me bringing my smartphone close and devoured a dozen ants while I took pictures of her. The females of this species do not devour the male as the praying mantis does.
iPhone 13 mini + homemade macro lens
My other macros in:
https://www.instagram.com/mymacrominitips/

Una diminuta (3 cm) hembra de Mantis enana (Ameles Spallanziana) cazando hormigas en una enredadera del jardín. Se acostumbró pronto a que le acercara el smartphone y devoró una docena de hormigas mientras le hacía fotos. Las hembras de esta especie no devoran al macho como hace la mantis religiosa.

Eine weibliche Kleine (3 cm) Fangschrecke (Ameles Spallanziana) jagt Ameisen an einer Ranke im Garten. Sie gewöhnte sich schnell an mein Smartphone und verschlang ein Dutzend Ameisen, während ich Fotos von ihr machte. Die Weibchen dieser Art fressen die Männchen nicht wie die Gottesanbeterin.

macro #macrolens #macrophotography
#insects #animals #nature
#shotoniphone
#mantis #Amelesspallanziana

A tiny (3 cm) female European Dwarf Mantis (Ameles Spallanziana) hunting ants on a vine in the garden
A tiny (3 cm) female European Dwarf Mantis (Ameles Spallanziana) hunting ants on a vine in the garden
Simone Gotti 📸
3 months ago

A brown mantis found at evening.

Manual focusing and flashing in the dark.

Edited with #darktable

This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

#photography #macrophotography #naturephotography #mantis #brownmantis

A brown mantis on a green leaf.
Oblomov
4 months ago

The last game in this #boardgameReview series is #MANTIS
https://bgg.cc/boardgame/358690/mantis
It's simple, it's quick, it's fun. You'll play it over and over again. Get it if you can (and have someone to play with: in contrast to the other two, this does not have a solitaire option), you'll really enjoy it.

3/3

Gemma Sarracenia
4 months ago

Necessity requires I commit capitalism and add photos to my Redbubble account. I won't throw the spider pics in the previews, but I'm super pleased at how nice Teacup's drama photo looks on some stuffs.

https://www.redbubble.com/people/Tippitiwichet/shop?asc=u

#flowers #spider #CarnivorousPlants #mantis #photography

A young mantis nymph wants to inspire you to hang in there by hanging with his toes from my pitcher plant, looking pretty and dramatic while he waits to steal my plant's prey.
A calligrapher fly perched on a yellow tickseed flower, with delicate black lines accentuating a sunset painted abdomen, reminding us some flies are beautiful.
My Montenegro pillbugs, delighting me daily in their fashionable choices of an orange skirting to their exoskeleton, and two silvery rows of dots on either side of a center row of sunny yellow dots, on a field of subtle browns. Said to be imitating a poisonous spider from their homeland in the Balkan mountains.
The center of a fossilized shell, black lines dance across glittering white, spiraling into the center where it resembles a figure with their arms encircled above their head.
mac call
4 months ago

Autrement appelée "La mante religieuse" :)
#mantis #lastRetoot #lastRepouet

Nick Walker
5 months ago

Reposting this past week's page of Weird Luck for anyone who might have missed it.

And don't miss the next page, coming Thursday and featuring that mysterious Smiley fellow we've been hearing about!

#webcomic #webcomics #comics #urbanfantasy #scifi #fantasy #crimefiction #weirdluck #weird #penguin #mantis

https://weirdluck.net/comic/1-5-5-sword-wielding-maniac/

Nick Walker
5 months ago

Reposting this past week's mayhem-packed page of Weird Luck for anyone who missed it.

Next page coming Thursday!

#weirdluck #webcomic #webcomics #comics #urbanfantasy #scifi #fantasy #penguin #mantis

https://weirdluck.net/comic/1-5-4-yiiiiii/

Nick Walker
5 months ago

New page of the Weird Luck webcomic!

We'll get back to thickening the plot next week. This week, we just let Charles and Arok run wild.

#webcomic #webcomics #comics #weirdluck #urbanfantasy #scifi #fantasy #CrimeFiction #penguin #mantis

https://weirdluck.net/comic/1-5-4-yiiiiii/

snake
5 months ago

a mantis mustve laid its eggs in my backyard somewhere cuz ive been seeing baby praying mantises all over the place :) this one looked to be hunting the flies in my flowerbed

#bugs #insects #mantis #prayingmantis #fly

a young praying mantis holding onto the stem of a flowerbud.
a green fly with red eyes pollinates a white and yellow flower.
5 months ago

A moss #mantis photographed at night in #danumvalley, the oldest primary #rainforest in the world - a breathtaking, powerful and beautiful #ecosystem like I've never seen it before 🦗#insektensamstag

Nick Walker
5 months ago

Re-sharing the latest page of Weird Luck in case you missed it!

Next page coming Thursday!

#webcomics #webcomic #comics #weirdluck #graphicnovel #urbanfantasy #scifi #fantasy #weird #penguin #mantis

https://weirdluck.net/comic/1-5-2-the-coolest-thing/

Nelson Chu Pavlosky
5 months ago

Look at this adorable baby praying #mantis, out hunting for its first little murders!

iNaturalist thinks it's a Carolina mantis, which would be native to the region, unlike the invasive Chinese mantis. But the Chinese mantis has history in our neighborhood too, as Wikipedia says "In 1896, this species was accidentally introduced by a nursery tender at Mt. Airy near Philadelphia, United States."

I think this looks more like a Carolina mantis, it has a curvy butt, but cute either way!

A mantis nymph is climbing on the outside of my window, using its murder legs to get a better grip as it walks. It's framed by an out-of-focus garage door across the alley.
Nick Walker
5 months ago

New page of the Weird Luck webcomic!

So thrilled to finally introduce you to Charles and Arok. We've been looking forward for years to inflicting this pair of oddballs on our beloved readers.

New page every Thursday!

#webcomics #webcomic #comics #weirdluck #graphicnovel #urbanfantasy #scifi #fantasy #weird #penguin #mantis

https://weirdluck.net/comic/1-5-2-the-coolest-thing/

Heather
6 months ago

Ghostly the ghost #mantis came out. She's very hungry... I ordered fly pupae immediately when she moulted and it only just arrived after 3-4 days in 24+C postal system and surprisingly not hatched yet. Hopefully soon. #bugfriend #bugs #insects

A brown, leafy ghost mantis stands on the corner of her perspex enclosure
a brown, leafy ghost mantis sits on a white person's hand. it is facing to the right and is leaning forwards, slightly horizontal.
Heather
6 months ago

Ghostly the ghost #mantis has moulted again (I think I skipped an update on a moult) - getting big now and almost 100% certain it's female now.
This is an unusual pose for her, it looks like she's climbing a mountain.

A brown ghost mantis, which resembles dry leaves, climbing the underside of a bright green plastic plant in her clear perspex container.
Gemma Sarracenia
8 months ago

This is the mantis that taught me what happens to their eyes at night. He sat on the same strawberry bush all day, I took pics of him for a drawing during the day, and went back at night to get some different angles, he was still in the same spot.
#insects #mantis #nature

He is a creamy brown, with some violet tones. His eyes have subtle stripes of tan and lavender. He is tilting his head for the best light on his profile, because he knows he is a pretty, pretty boy.
His eyes are a solid burgundy, and the light catches on the three gem like simple eyes between his antennae, his jeweled crown that shows he is king of the night. On that strawberry plant, anyway.
Albert Cardona
8 months ago

@biodiversitypix

Beautiful drawing–from 1839!–of a #Mantis.

#Mantodea #entomology

Jen C Mars
9 months ago

Just a mantis dropping by for #InsectSaturday

#insects #mantis #nature

Close up photo of a praying mantis hanging upside down, looking directly at the viewer on a green out of focus background
chickweed
9 months ago

This praying mantis embedded in a clear piece of amber is just over one inch tall. The amber, known as Dominican resin, is noted for its clarity and high number of inclusions. The mantis itself is clearly recognizable from the mantises we see today.

Heritage Auctions dates the piece from between 23 to 33.9 million years old. Even older mantis fossils, dating back 135 million years, come from Siberia.

#mantis #fossils

https://mymodernmet.com/praying-mantis-dominican-amber/

Photo: Heritage Auctions, www.HA.com

A brown mantis preserved in yellow amber, with its back legs bent like knees and its front legs raised and bent at the elbow like arms.  Long antennae extend straight up from its head.
Ronico
11 months ago

Cyclist praying mantis. ☺️
A mantis sits on two fern sprouts.

#nature #mantis

Cyclist praying mantis.
A mantis sits on two fern sprouts.
Matthew "Smiffy" Smith
11 months ago

Found a mantis friend on a chaff sack yesterday.

#InsectsOfMastodon #Insect #Mantis

On the background of a white, woven plastic sack, is my left index finger. Just at the end of my finger, and about as long as my finger is wide, is a baby green mantis.
Martin Johnstone
1 year ago

@jamesgunn Great. Now I have to get this #GOTG #HolidaySpecial #Drax and #Mantis team up into more than 1 film festival. #KyraSedgwick #KevinBacon #Christmas #Nebula and #Makesmecry Thanks soooo much. #WeareGroot #GOTG3 Thanks, though. It helps with the separation anxiety.

Humans-B-Gone!
1 year ago

#introduction I'm Rev, and I do Humans-B-Gone!, a #3d #scifi #animation #series about giant #insects and specifically a giant #mantis who works in pest control--controlling human infestations, that is! You can watch it on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/c/HumansBGone/

A cartoony 3d render of a praying mantis facing a tarantula. The background is a mass of weird, stripey growths.