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Standing on Top of the World
Orchid mantis (subadult) // Hymonpus Coronotus
On Fireworks
New Zealand mantis (adult) // Orthodera novaezealandiae
I am King
Dragon mantis (subadult)// Stenophylla lobivertex
Gimme a Hug
Budwing mantis (adult) // Parasphendale agrionina
MiniMe
Spiny flower mantis (subadult) // Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
On pin
Nefertiti
Ghost mantis // Phyllocrania Paradoxa
Double shield mantis // Pnigomantis medioconstricta
Hanging Out
Devil's flower mantis // Idolomantis diabolica
Loop-de-Looping
Spiny flower mantis
(subadult)/// Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
The Guard
Spiny flower mantis // Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
The Thinker
Giant Shield mantis // Rhombodera basalis
The Hulk
Parablepharis kuhlii asiatica
The Ruminator
Madgascan marbled mantis // Polyspilota aeruginosa
On flower
The Abyss
Desert mantis // Eremiaphila sp.
On the Prowl
Double shield mantis // Pnigomantis medioconstricta
Harley Honey
Spiny flower mantis (adult) // Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
Seeking
Sphodromantis baccetti (subadult)
Green-Spotted Road
Twig mantis // Popa Spurca Crassa
In My Heart
African mantis (adult) // Sphodromantis gastrica
Cannon
Devil's Flower mantis // Idolomantis diabolica
Perky
New Zealand mantis (adult) // Orthodera novaezealandiae
Oh So Pretty!
African mantis // Sphodromantis gastrica
Budwing mantis (adult) // Parasphendale agrionina
Queenie
Giant Shield mantis // Rhombodera basalis
Tippy-Toe
Hierodula megaera (adult)
Feeling Blue
Shield mantis // Rhombodera Megaera
Huddle
Parablepharis kuhlii asiatica
Overextended
Cat's Eye mantis // Heterochaeta orientalis
Giant Shield mantis // Rhombodera basalis
Those Eyes
Budwing mantis // Parasphendale affinis
Only the Shadow Knows
Kenyan Flower mantis // Galinthias amoena
Rocket Man
Thistle mantis // Blepharopsis mendica
Spiral
Orchid mantis (subadult) // Hymonopus Coronatus
I Dub Thee
African flowermantis // Pseudocreobotra ocellata
African flower mantis (adult) // Pseudocreobotra ocellata
Reign
Orchid mantis // Hymonopus Coronatus
Caught in a Web
Giant Asian mantis // Hierodula Majuscula
Have My Back
Giant Shield mantis (subadult) // Rhombodera basalis
Pick Me! South American Boxer mantis // Acanthops falcata
Turn on a Dime
Kenyan Flower mantis // Galinthias amoena
Hitchin'
Texas unicorn mantis (adult) // Phyllovates chlorophaea
Stare Down
Shield mantis // Rhombodera Stalli
Out of Her Shell
Spiny flower mantis (adult) // Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
Frankenstein
Twig mantis // Popa spurca crassa
Still Life
Orchid mantis (adult) // Hymonopus Coronatus
In My Sights
Asian ant mantis (adult) // Odontomantis planiceps
You are Getting Sleepy
Ghose mantis // Phyllocrania Paradoxa
Resting on Laurels
Giant Rainforest Mantis // Hierodula majuscula
Limbering Up
Cat's Eye mantis // Heterochaeta orientalis
Purple Twirl
African mantis // Sphodromantis gastrica
On a Sun
Giant Shield mantis (subadult) // Rhombodera basalis
Riding Wave
African mantis // Sphodromantis gastrica
Making a Point
Golden mantis //Hierodula venosa
Winsome
Panther mantis // Tarachodula pantherina
The Acrobats
Devil's Flower mantis // Idolomantis diabolica
Sunshine
Giant Shield mantis // Rhombodera basalis
Alien head mantis // Idolomorpha lateralis
Giant Rainforest mantis (subadult) // Hierodula majuscula
On a Twist
African Flower Mantis // Pseudocreobotra ocellata
Grooming
Dragon mantis // Stenophylla lobivertex
Tag, You're It
Parablepharis kuhlii asiatica
Kenyan Flower mantis // Galinthias amoena
Orchid mantis // Hymonopus coronatus
Top O' the Mornin'
Giant Shield mantis // Rhombodera basalis
New Zealand mantis // Orthodera novaezealandiae
On pod
Vegetables are Good For You
Budwing mantis // Parasphendale agrionina
Buddies
South African mantis // Miomantis caffra
Hypnotizer
Budwing mantis // Parasphendale affinis
Devil's Flower mantis // Idolomantis diabolica
Budwing mantis // Parasphendale agrionina
Shield mantis // Rhombodera megaera
Double shield mantis // Pnigomantis medioconstricta
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Lasso'd
Jewel Flower mantis // Creobroter gemmatus
Sitting Pretty
Ghost mantis // Phyllocrania paradoxa (adult)
Pointer
Thistle mantis // Blepharopsis mendica
Sphodromantis baccetti
Devil's Flower mantis // Idolomantis diabolica
Flirty Girl
Devil's Flower mantis // Idolomantis diabolica
Watch Your Step
Double shield mantis // Pnigomantis medioconstricta
Tornado
New Zealand mantis // Orthodera novaezealandiae (adult)
Ghost mantis // Phyllocrania paradoxa
Devil's Flower mantis //Idolomantis diabolica
Ghost mantis // Phyllocrania paradoxa (adult)
Cryptic mantis // Sybilla pretiosa
Springbok mantis // Miomantis caffra
African mantis // sphodromantis gastrica
Prancer
Double shield mantis // Pnigomantis medioconstricta
Candelabra
Devil's Flower mantis // Idolomantis diabolica
Pedicure
Alien head mantis // Idolomorpha lateralis
The Diver
Budwing mantis // Parasphendale agrionina (adult)
Panther mantis // Tarachodula pantherina
Pretty on Pink
Jewel Flower mantis // Creobroter gemmatus (adult)
Turning on a Dime
Ant mantis // Odontomantis planiceps
Parablepharis kuhlii asiatica
You Can't See Me
Bordered mantis // Stagomantis limbata
Giant Asian mantis //Hierodula Membranacea
Spiny Flower mantis // Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
Rhombomantis sp.
Wheeling
Ghost mantis // Phyllocrania paradoxa
Devil's Flower mantis // Idolomantis diabolica
Over a Barrell
Twig Mantis // Popa spurca crassa
Orchid mantis // Hymonopus coronatus
Crazy Hand Jive
Shieldmantis // Rhombodera megaera (adult)
Sphodromantis baccetti
Open Mouth, Insert Foot
Giant Shield mantis // Rhombodera basalis
Purple Cloud
Cryptic mantis // Sybilla pretiosa
Africa
Double shield mantis // Pnigomantis medioconstricta
Seed
Cat's Eye mantis // Heterochaeta orientalis
New Zealand mantis // Orthodera novaezealandiae (adult)
Touch-Base
Panther mantis // Tarachodula pantherina
Devil's Flower mantis // Idolomantis diabolica (adult)
Bubbles
Cat's Eye mantis // Heterochaeta orientalis
Brain Guardian
Devil's Flower mantis // Idolomantis diabolica (adult)
Panther mantis // Tarachodula pantherina
Shield mantis // Rhombodera Stalli
Evil Eyes
Kenyan Flower mantis // Galinthias amoena
Crumpled
Giant Rainforest mantis // Hierodula majuscula (adult)
Moving On
Budwing mantis // Parasphendale agrionina (adult)
Twinning
New Zealand mantis // Orthodera novaezealandiae
Ta Da!
Budwing mantis // Parasphendale affinis
Shy
Giant Asian mantis // Hierodula membranacea
South American Boxer mantis // Acanthops falcata
Woozy
Cat's Eye mantis // Heterochaeta orientalis
New Zealand mantis // Orthodera novaezealandiae (adult)
Giant Rainforest mantis // Hierodula majuscula
Ewwwww!
Double shield mantis // Pnigomantis medioconstricta
Spiny flower mantis // Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
Zen
Dead Leaf mantis // Deroplatys desiccata
Where's Waldo?
Twig mantis // Popa spurca crassa
Spiny Flower mantis // Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
Sprite
Camelomantis sp.
Splitting Hairs
Dragon mantis // Stenophylla lobivertex
Cat's Eye mantis // Heterochaeta orientalis
Treadmill Life
Devil's Flower mantis //Idolomantis diabolica
Devil's Flower mantis // Idolomantis diabolica
Rotunda
New Zealand mantis // Orthodera novaezealandiae
My Pod
African mantis // Sphodromantis gastrica (adult)
Springbok mantis // Miomantis caffra
Hot Diggety
Kenyan Flower mantis // Galinthias amoena
Kenyan Flower mantis // Galinthias amoena
Cone Head mantis // Empusa pennata
Highwire
Devil's Flower mantis //Idolomantis diabolica
Peruvian Leaf mantis // Pseudoxyops perpulchra
Ghost mantis // Phyllocrania paradoxa
New Zealand mantis // Orthodera novaezealandiae (adult)
Madagascan Marbled mantis // Polyspilota aeruginosa (adult)
Aphrodite
Aiien Head mantis // Idolomorpha lateralis (adult)
Madagascan Marbled mantis // Polyspilota aeruginosa (adult)
Orchid mantis // Hymenopus coronatus
Pinwheel
Springbok mantis // Miomantis caffra
Whisp
Aiien Head mantis // Idolomorpha lateralis (adult)
Golden mantis // Hierodula venosa (adult)
Christmas
Camelomantis sp.
From a Dark Corner
Wandering Violin mantis // Gongylus gongylodes
Glint
New Zealand mantis // Orthodera novaezealandiae (adult)
Giant shield mantis // Rhombodera basalis
Giant Rainforest mantis // Hierodula majuscula
Ow
Spiny flower mantis // Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
Springbok mantis // Miomantis caffra
Perched on Lace
Cat's Eye mantis // Heterochaeta orientalis
I'm Melting
Giant Rainforest mantis // Hierodula majuscula
Stagomantis limbata
Ghost mantis // Phyllocrania paradoxa (adult)
Giant shield mantis // Rhombodera basalis
I'm Hiding
Camelomantis sp.
Budwing mantis // Parasphendale agrionina (adult)
Hand Jive
Hierodula megaera
African mantis // Sphodromantis gastrica
Giant Rainforest mantis // Hierodula majuscula
Do You Want to See My Etchings?
Cat's Eye mantis // Heterochaeta orientalis
Ivory Boxer mantis // Oxypilus gillonae
Wandering Violin mantis // Gongylus gongylodes
Sitting on a Whisper
Orchid mantis // Hymonopus coronatus
Peruvian Leaf mantis // Pseudoxyops perpulchra
Brunner's Stick mantis // Brunneria borealis
Majesty on Crown
Orchid mantis // Hymenopus coronatus
Ghost mantis // Phyllocrania paradoxa
Red Blade
Wandering Violin mantis // Gongylus gongylodes
Sneaking
Parablepharis kuhlii asiatica
Notched
Thistle mantis // Blepharopsis mendica (adult)
Alien
Wandering Violin mantis // Gongylus gongylodes
Jeweled Flower mantis // Creobroter gemmatus
Brunner's Stick mantis // Brunneria borealis
Parablepharis kuhlii asiatica
Dancing Queen
Cryptic mantis // Sybilla pretiosa
Rainbow
Giant shield mantis // Rhombodera basalis
Cryptic mantis // Sybilla pretiosa
Don't Cross Me
Budwing mantis // Parasphendale agrionina
Candelabra
Devil's Flower mantis // Idolomantis diabolica
Need Visine
Thistle mantis // Blepharopsis mendica (adult)
Acrobats
Devil's Flower mantis // Idolomantis diabolica
Evil Eye
Thistle mantis // Blepharopsis mendica (adult)
Find Me
Twig mantis // Popa spurca crassa
Chinese mantis // Tenodera sinensis
Cat's Eye mantis // Heterochaeta orientalis
Hmmm.....Let Me See...
Giant Asian mantis //Hierodula Membranacea
Spiny flower mantis // Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
Peruvian Leaf mantis // Pseudoxyops perpulchra (adult)
Dash of Lavender
Giant Rainforest mantis // Hierodula majuscula
Onward-Ho!
Dragon mantis // Stenophylla lobivertex
Peruvian Leaf mantis // Pseudoxyops perpulchra (subadult)
Vertigo
Dragon mantis // Stenophylla lobivertex
Cat's Eye mantis // Heterochaeta orientalis (adult)
Big Guns
Devil's Flower mantis // Idolomantis diabolica (adult)
Orchid mantis // Hymenopus coronatus
Peruvian Leaf mantis // Pseudoxyops perpulchra
Ghost mantis // Phyllocrania paradoxa
Devil's Flower mantis // Idolomantis diabolica
Updo
Ghost mantis // Phyllocrania paradoxa (adult)
Jump!
Giant Rainforest mantis // Hierodula majuscula
Jewel Flower mantis // Creobroter gemmatus (adult)
Spiny flower mantis // Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
Devil's Flower mantis // Idolomantis diabolica
Rainbow
Giant Rainforest mantis // Hierodula majuscula
Kenyan Flower mantis // Galinthias amoena
Spiny flower mantis // Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
Thistle mantis // Blepharopsis mendica (adult)
Spiny flower mantis // Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
Phyllocrania illudens
Bozo the Clown
Parablepharis kuhlii asiatica
Devil's Flower mantis // Idolomantis diabolica
Peruvian Leaf mantis // Pseudoxyops perpulchra (adult)
Thistle mantis // Blepharopsis medica
Askance
Cone Head mantis // Idolomorpha lateralis (adult)
Jewel Flower mantis // Creobroter gemmatus
Giant Asian mantis // Hierodula membranacea
Ghost mantis // Phyllocrania paradoxa
Parablepharis kuhlii asiatica
Twig mantis // Popa spurca crassa
Devil's Flower mantis // Idolomantis diabolica
Off Balance
Stagmomantis limbata
Spiny flower mantis // Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
Orchid mantis // Hymenopus coronatus
Giant Shield mantis // Rhombodera basalis
Cone Head mantis // Idolomorpha lateralis (adult)
Double shield mantis // Pnigomantis medioconstricta
Cone Head mantis // Idolomorpha lateralis (adult)
Parablepharis kuhlii asiatica (adult)
Giant Rainforest mantis // Hierodula majuscula
Panther mantis
Panther mantis // Tarachodula pantherina
Cone Head mantis
Camelomantis sp.
Giant Rainforest mantis // Hierodula majuscula
Thistle mantis // Blepharopsis mendica
Brunner's Stick mantis // Brunneria borealis
Watch It!
Devil's Flower mantis // Idolomantis diabolica
Spiny Flower mantis // Pseudocreobotra Wahlbergii
Texas unicorn mantis // Phyllovates chlorophaea
African mantis // Sphodromantis gastrica
African mantis // Sphodromantis gastrica
East African Boxer mantis //Otomantis scutigera
Giant Rainforest mantis // Hierodula majuscula
Don't Cross Me
Desert mantis // Eremiaphila sp.
Giant Rainforest mantis // Hierodula majuscula
New Zealand mantis (adult) // Orthodera novaezealandiae
Spiny Flower mantis // Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
Come One, Come All!
Cat's Eye mantis // Heterochaeta orientalis
Desert mantis // Eremiaphila sp.
Giant Rainforest mantis // Hierodula majuscula
Panther mantis // Tarachodula pantherina
Fall
Wide Arm mantis // Cilnia humeralis
Pit Check
Cat's Eye mantis // Heterochaeta orientalis
Madagascan marbled mantis (adult) // Polyspilota aeruginosa
Madagascan Marbled mantis // Polyspilota aeruginosa
Madagascan Marbled mantis // Polyspilota aeruginosa
Speed Racer
Ghost mantis // Phyllocrania Paradoxa
The Boxer
Wide Arm mantis // Cilnia humeralis
In the Shadows
Thistle mantis // Blepharapsus mendica
Devil's Flower mantis (adult) // Idolomantis diabolica
Disco
Texas unicorn mantis // Phyllovates chlorophaea
Orchid mantis // Hymonpus Coronotus
Ghost mantis (adult) // Phyllocrania Paradoxa
Camelomantis sp.
Spiny Flower mantis // Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
Darth Vadar
Dead Leaf mantis // Deroplatys truncata
Cone Head mantis //Empusa pennata
Ghost mantis (adult) // Phyllocrania Paradoxa
Dead Leaf mantis // Deroplatys truncata
Orchid mantis // Hymonpus Coronotus
Panther mantis // Tarachodula pantherina
Orchid mantis // Hymonpus Coronotus
Texas unicorn mantis (adult) // Phyllovates chlorophaea
Munching
Cat's Eye mantis // Heterochaeta orientalis
Devil's Flower mantis (adult) // Idolomantis diabolica
Camelomantis sp.
Ghost mantis (adult) // Phyllocrania Paradoxa
East African Boxer mantis //Otomantis scutigera
Spiny Flower mantis // Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
Spiny Flower mantis // Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
Orchid mantis (adult) // Hymonpus Coronotus
East African Boxer mantis //Otomantis scutigera
Bark mantis // Tarachodes sp.
Bean Boat
Spiny Flower mantis // Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
Pseudocreobotra ocellata
Twig mantis // Popa spurca crassa
Shield mantis // Rhombodera megaera
Cone Head mantis //Empusa pennata
Devil's Flower mantis // Idolomantis diabolica
My Heart
Ghost mantis //Phyllocrania paradoxa
Two-fer
Devil's Flower mantis // Idolomantis diabolica
Orchid mantis // Hymonopus coronatus
Gambian Spotted-Eye Flower mantis (adult) Pseudoharpax virescens
Kenyan Flower mantis // Galinthias amoena)
Madagascan marbled mantis (adult) //Polyspilota aeruginosa
Leaf Metallica
Budwing mantis // Parasphendale affinis
Riding a Star
Thailand Giant mantis // Rhombomantis sp
Spiny Flower mantis // Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
Tiger!
Budwing mantis // Parasphendale affinis
Giant Asian Shile mantis // Rhombodera basalis
New Zealand mantis (adult) // Orthodera novaezealandiae
Madagascan marbled mantis (adult) // Polyspilota aeruginosa
Spiny Flower mantis // Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
