I took this pic from the balcony of our hotel room in Maui. Just for scale, I could only wrap my hand half-way around the the rail he is on. He was huge!
Largest Praying Mantis I've ever seen!
Started by robszabo, 09/06/2005 05:16PM
Posted 09/06/2005 05:16PM
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Posted 09/17/2005 03:32AM
#1
8O WOW!!!That is one beautiful insect,Robert!!
Posted 09/17/2005 03:49AM
#2
Great shot! 8)
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Posted 09/22/2005 02:30AM
#3
Cool shot.
The lighting and his/her pose is perfect.
It's been probably a year or more since I've seen one and now I've seen 2 different ones in the last 2 weeks, both about 3-4" long. I took some shots of the one, I'll try to post one later.
Robert
The lighting and his/her pose is perfect.
It's been probably a year or more since I've seen one and now I've seen 2 different ones in the last 2 weeks, both about 3-4" long. I took some shots of the one, I'll try to post one later.
Robert
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Posted 10/11/2005 03:25AM
#4
It's not as big, but it a mantis! They're beautiful anmals, aren't they?
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