More mantis macros

I've had some serious luck finding mantids this year - where I've seen maybe a dozen wild mantids in my life, I've found 7 or 8 this year without much effort. Here's a few more from this morning, heading back out after lunch for more summer fun.

here's how to find them.

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And I've been using a square crop a LOT recently - maybe a hold over from all of the TLR photos I grew up with - my dad was a photographer before I was even a consideration, and I have boxes and boxes of his work in archive.

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Nice work. And I haven't found a single one this year - and I've been looking!

Great series. I too have been looking for one to shoot and have not see one either.
Frank

very nice group of images.

Great shot Sushigijin how well the insect blends in with the surroundings you did well to spot it.