Reminds me of a creature from "Pans Labyrinth"

Wicked looking. Excellent shot.

An excellent and interesting species and a fine image. So many mantis species love to hang upside down!

Hi

Now this guy is very HR Gigger – what a great little fellow to find

And an excellent shot

I don’t really have any great suggestions because I think this is excellent as seen, but I would have been tempted to try for a more stopped down look for DOF. But you probably did this anyway

All the best
Matthew

Is not easy to see them at all , very neat job nice color and light , love this blue bg well done !!

thank you all.
i agree with matthew. increasing iso I could have more dof and 'relatively' fast shutter-speed. otherwise I'd have to use a tripod hoping in the total lack of breeze.

Great shot of this very interesting species, Nicola!
A first for me in fact ...

thank you
some rumors say this species was the main source of inspiration for the creation of alien by ridley scott.

I was just wondering what it reminded me of! - I can certainly see 'Alien' in this amazing creature! Great image Nicola!

lovely species and a great find and a exellent shot ,I like it !
kindly bjorsa

thanks a lot carol and bjorsa

Great shot of this terrifying insect!

thank you