Elongated mantis

Posted by Mario Fiorucci on Tue Feb 23, 2021 10:59 am

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A camouflaged mantis on a wild mint plant waiting for bees

Canon 40D
Canon EF 100-400 4,5-5,6 IS USM
ISO 400 f 8 1/640 400@ Tripod

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by david fletcher on Tue Feb 23, 2021 2:02 pm

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Fabulous capture. Almost a come to dinner moment! Well seen.

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by ADKShooter on Tue Feb 23, 2021 2:37 pm

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You can almost cut the tension with a knife as the mantis is about to spring into action. This image puts the nature into nature shot for me. From a purely technical sense I'm surprised you were able to stop the bee as well as you did at relatively slow 1/640. Very interesting image.

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by Tom Whelan on Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:03 pm

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A super behavior image, bringing predator and prey face to face. The viewer wonders: did the mantis capture the bee? Was the bee safely hovering?

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by Cynthia Crawford on Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:11 am

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What an amazing shot! You can see how the camouflage of the mantis might be very effective. Great drama here in the little world of insects. Got to wonder if the bee survived!

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by Yun Gao on Thu Feb 25, 2021 10:55 pm