mantises Orchid Mantis Praying

A beautiful result with very nice lighting, Scott!

Just stop with the awesome mantis photos jeez :) - man, the lighting is so very cool here and what a cool specimen..where on earth do you get these to shoot so often?

I just saw this on flickr and I find it amazing how you manage to direct your little "puppets". 

Beautiful light and arrangement, perfectly sharp details.

If a mantis would performe Shakespeare it would look like this.

Again great capture

Thanks all.

Ellery, there's mantis forums online where people sell them.

Amazing colors, light and details in this shot.  Looks fantastic.  Regards - michel