Tenodera aridifolia, Arizona.
photo details: Canon 100mm f2.8 macro lens on a Canon EOS 20D
ISO 100, 1/250 sec, f/14, indirect strobe in a white box
Just hanging out…
February 10, 2009 by myrmecos
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What a gorgeous mantid! I’ve always had a soft spot for the little critters. (It’s probably somewhere on my fingers, where I was always getting pinched and scratched by the mantids I annoyed when I was a kid.) 🙂
Yeah, it’s just a baby, too. But still a vicious predator.