Just hanging out…

February 10, 2009 by myrmecos

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

Posted in arizona, fun | Tagged Insects | 2 Comments

on February 10, 2009 at 9:42 am Julie Stahlhut

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.) 🙂
on February 10, 2009 at 9:46 am myrmecos

Yeah, it’s just a baby, too. But still a vicious predator.