Praying Mantis

[tlee]

Found her eating a bee. She must have just caught it, because the bee was still moving around--until the head was gone :huh. Between trying to get close enough, and this darn Kansas wind, it was pretty hard to get a decent picture. I did stack a couple of images, which helped some. It was kind of cool watching her eat / devour the bee.

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http://studiotphotos.smugmug.com/photos/377213853_cNZXs-L.jpg

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http://studiotphotos.smugmug.com/photos/377214253_6nD5s-L.jpg

3.
http://studiotphotos.smugmug.com/photos/377213852_JHcGn-L.jpg

4.
http://studiotphotos.smugmug.com/photos/377213855_QGiTj-L.jpg

5.
http://studiotphotos.smugmug.com/photos/377214252_4dXhu-L.jpg

[liewwk]

lovely mantis

[Lord Vetinari]

Good captures - pity you couldn't get more of a side angle to the mantis.
Brian V.

[tlee]

Good captures - pity you couldn't get more of a side angle to the mantis.
Brian V.

I was not able to get a side shot--where the mantis was in relation to the plant, I would have had to step on the plant, and also would have had to try to befriend a lot of bees. When she was done with her dinner, she got upset with me and turned around, and went into the plant. This is a great spot for feeding, so I will go back and see if I can get more pics.

[GOLDENORFE]

nice shots, i get the impresion #2 he is looking directly at you!
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

[Skippy]

Found her eating a bee. She must have just caught it, because the bee was still moving around--until the head was gone :huh. Between trying to get close enough, and this darn Kansas wind, it was pretty hard to get a decent picture. I did stack a couple of images, which helped some. It was kind of cool watching her eat / devour the bee.



Eating a Bee and keeping an eye on you at the same time :rofl
It's looking quite annoyed at you for interupting dinner time.

Wind just isn't your friend when your trying to do Macro unfortunately.
I would have liked to have seen some side shots too rather than all taken overhead.

Love the look on the Mantis's face :rofl .... Skippy :D
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[tlee]

Eating a Bee and keeping an eye on you at the same time :rofl
It's looking quite annoyed at you for interupting dinner time.

Wind just isn't your friend when your trying to do Macro unfortunately.
I would have liked to have seen some side shots too rather than all taken overhead.

Love the look on the Mantis's face :rofl .... Skippy :D
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:agree

[SaltWaterHippo]

Nice shots, the back ground looks nice too. I seen a big green one on holiday but I didnt get any good pictures of it, Mines wasnt eating a bee either :( haha

[tlee]

Nice shots, the back ground looks nice too. I seen a big green one on holiday but I didnt get any good pictures of it, Mines wasnt eating a bee either :( haha

I had not seen one eating a bee before, either. It was very interesting to watch--morbid too, since the bee's head was being eaten while it was still alive :huh.