Mantis

[iamdlewis]

I am getting slower at getting to all my images. This was part of the day I got the bees. I like the over the should pose.

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS
• 90.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/640 sec
• ISO 400

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS
• 90.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 100

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS
• 90.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 400

 

[Tim Mayo]

Stunning shots David. I'm glad I'm not a mantis though, don't they bite their partners head off after doing the deed?

 

[Thad E Ginathom]

don't they bite their partners head off after doing the deed

I don't think they even wait until "after!"

I like the over the should pose

It's the best of a wonderful set of pictures.

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Nice shots. Such weird beasties.

 

[iamdlewis]

These have been a Narrow-Winged

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS
• 90.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 800

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS
• 90.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 400

 

[Loke]

These have been a Narrow-Winged
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This picture is absolutely fantastic!

 

[Holden]

Stunning shots David. I'm glad I'm not a mantis though, don't they bite their partners head off after doing the deed?

Almost. The male is smaller than the female. He gets started and the female turns and cuts off his head. That releases a nerve that makes the male sexually shy so he goes crazy in his humping. Afterwards, the female eats him. When the queen yelled, "Off with his head!" she had something else in mind!