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I feel a bit guilty about this.....Preying Mantis

 
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Aug 15, 2011 00:35 |  #16

Lovely series !
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Aug 15, 2011 00:36 as a reply to  @ LordV's post |  #17

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Thanks Brian.
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Aug 15, 2011 00:57 |  #18

Crazy! Well done. I wasn't aware of this behavior either, but you did a wonderful job documenting and photographing it.


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Aug 15, 2011 02:10 |  #19

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Crazy! Well done. I wasn't aware of this behavior either, but you did a wonderful job documenting and photographing it.

Thanks a lot, Anthony.

I just wish I'd at least had my extension tubes on me....
Ho hum.
At least I had my macro lens, otherwise this would have been shot with a 50mm lens!
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Aug 15, 2011 02:31 as a reply to  @ skygod44's post |  #20

WOW..thats AWESOME. Very cool series of photos...amazing!


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Aug 15, 2011 02:39 |  #21

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WOW..thats AWESOME. Very cool series of photos...amazing!

Thanks a lot.
And you must have some, err, "great" stuff to shoot in Canberra, too?


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Aug 15, 2011 14:34 |  #22

Fantastic set of shots! Insect world is often cruel. Thanks for sharing.


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Aug 15, 2011 21:00 |  #23

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Fantastic set of shots! Insect world is often cruel. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Bruce.
Cruel, yes.
But any less cruel than the human world?
Recently, I wonder if maybe they got it right....
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Aug 15, 2011 21:59 |  #24

Very nice sequence of captures!


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Aug 16, 2011 01:33 as a reply to  @ orionmystery's post |  #25

Thanks Kurt....and I've had to pop home (from the in-laws') to grab some teaching materials, so I'll grab my flash and extension tubes too, just in case!!!
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Aug 16, 2011 01:40 |  #26

Apparently Mantis' need their greens, too ;) Nice series there.


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Aug 16, 2011 02:58 |  #27

Just so ya know - only attach 2 images


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Aug 16, 2011 19:04 |  #28

Awesome pics mate!


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Aug 17, 2011 07:09 |  #29

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Apparently Mantis' need their greens, too ;) Nice series there.

:lol::lol::lol:
Nice one, Eric.
AND, I spotted the big 'un today out by the garage....so unless he's been eaten by a bird, I'm going to try to find him tomorrow morning.

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Aug 17, 2011 07:25 |  #30

I bet the big one was a her.


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