Comments on: Insect Macro Photography.

By: Katrina

Katrina — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:45:01 +0000

@mac justice It’s called an Orchid Mantis. You want to know how I know? Because you can catch the damn thing on Animal Crossing, of course it “Exists in nature” Dumbass

By: that kid

that kid — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:30:28 +0000

IDK BUT IT IS ONE UGLY bUG

By: amma

amma — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:14:47 +0000

Is it use telephoto or micro Lens????

By: ProteoNuker

ProteoNuker — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:48:01 +0000

Those wings aren’t even close to a butterfly’s. The shape and the nervature are completely different. Look at the front edge of the forewings. Butterflies don’t have that kind of frame. Look at the aft wings – they’re fan-shaped, which means they fold ove the abdomen. Butterfly wings don’t fold.

It’s not unusual for a mantis to have wings. All insects have wings, but most just don’t use them. Even swimming and burrowing insects have wings. Even ants have them.

This photo is not a fake.

By: spirit wolf

spirit wolf — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:07:02 +0000

its a cool bug

By: Bored

Bored — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:17:04 +0000

jeez guys. it’s real, you should look up the orchid mantids. they’re beautiful in color.

By: Barry Kok

Barry Kok — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:59:16 +0000

Wow, the ignorance to anything foreign… I work most of my time around African jungles – this is a real praying mantis – and if I had my external HDD with me then I would upload a simmilar image I took in Guinea Conakry in 2004 – of the same species of mantis. The one I came across displayed a much deeper emerald green body, but a mantis can alter its colour in the same way as a chameleon to better disguise itself when hunting their prey. Excellent photo and well done!

By: Iris

Iris — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:04:09 +0000

That isn`t a real animal.. look, you can see the wings don`t suit. And that`s a very strange colour, too.

By: me!!

me!! — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:29:41 +0000

Awwww it’s a cute little gonna-poison-me-thing i want one .ITs a mantis and its after it’s molt,

By: heather jean smith

heather jean smith — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 17:02:35 +0000

It is an African flower mantis, also known as a number 9 mantis. You can purchase them at insect shows for about $30 bucks. They make great pets. they are not normally showing their wings in defense like that one.

By: Sub

Sub — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 18:41:39 +0000

You can pick those things up without any worries, no need to run. They don’t pinch very hard and usually give up trying to mess with you and just crawl around your hand trying to get away.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:29:12 +0000

Beautiful and colorful. But I must say if one ever landed on me, I’d probably cause myself some serious injuries…

By: Marr

Marr — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 00:55:30 +0000

Looks suspiciously like the hive queen from the Ender’s Game series to me.

By: tud wurtherly

tud wurtherly — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:58:44 +0000

We know this: Bullets don’t affect it- and it lives only to hate.

By: Loopy Loo

Loopy Loo — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 22:26:05 +0000

Both cool and icky at the same time.

By: Grahame

Grahame — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 22:08:14 +0000

Hi folks,yes it is a praying mantis,Pseudocreobotra Wahlbergii,the spiny flower mantis.
Its a native of south east Africa.
Quite popular amongst “bug” hobyists.
Have a look here for another stunner of a photo
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4011123.
A relation to the Indian flower mantis,Creoboter Meleagris.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:52:38 +0000

I love the pattern on the wings… but holy crap, if I saw that thing I’d run for the hills.

By: Duval

Duval — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:56:37 +0000

No, it’s probably real, likely some sort of flower mantis. There’s a nice pic of an Indian Flower Mantis on Wikipedia for comparison. This one is not identical but I’d guess it’s from a similar tropical species.

By: megmeg

megmeg — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:15:54 +0000

it’s a mantis, “Stagomantis carolina” I believe, or it could be a young mantis after a molt. Young mantids go through ten molts before adulthood, and for a time afterwards they are milky white in color. Though the most widely seen color of mantis is green, they can range in color from green to tan to pink.

By: tud wurtherly

tud wurtherly — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:10:47 +0000

I don’t know what it is. Send it to me and I’ll have Dr. Foot take a look at it for you.

By: mac justice

mac justice — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:56:40 +0000

Looks like he made a praying mantis + butterfly mashup. I don’t think there’s anything like that that actually exists in nature.

By: Doug Hightower

Doug Hightower — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:05:19 +0000

In Alabama it’s called “What the F*** is that?”

By: Sylvain Romiguier

Sylvain Romiguier — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 13:55:58 +0000

I’ts a praying mantis, in French “mante religieuse”.