Posting this in the middle of pinning a wasp lol. Why is bro so green 🪲✅️✅️✅️
It may look like it lost its hind legs, but you just couldn't see it cleary from the photo angle. Its hind legs had a pretty red gradient.
Advice on how to handle it are much appreciated. Well done, Forest!
Forest, you just ate a grasshopper earlier. Anyway, please focus on the mantis rather than my enormous cursor.
I found this pretty insect with a damaged wing. It struggled to move, almost like it was giving up. When I decided to hold it, it didn't try to fly away, or even flinch. So I decided to euthanize it by freezing, considering it wouldn't last much longer left outside to rot. I wanted to preserve its beauty ( ´_ゝ`)
After pinning (last photo), i added silica gels inside of a plastic tupperware for it to dry out (it took me 4 days because i was too excited).
Comments/advice are greately appreciated :]], i have an ongoing pinned cicada drying out at the moment (also ethically sourced).
This was my first time ever holding one......
Hello!
My dear friend gave me this ridiculously tiny mantis (Southeast Asia). It had small black stripes on its legs and its body color is almost white. I didn't take more clearer photos of this little guy because it flew away quickly. I consider myself lucky for even holding it. Can someone help me identify? I would like to know! :))
Please excuse the blurry quality.
I often see this mantis (Southeast Asia) when I go out to feel the grass. At first, I thought it was a nymph of a larger mantis species (like Hierodula sp.), but I noticed it already had developed wings. Such an interesting little guy, I find them really cute. But maybe I identified the genus incorrectly (might be an Eomantis?)... I'm sure it's a tropido, though.
The photos were captured in separate days, and both mantises were eventually set free.
I think every time a bug enthusiast sees a praying mantis, they will take a photo at this exact angle. This photo is 4 years old, I think about it frequently, lol. I love them.
I spotted this moth outside not too far from a light source. It's about the size of two fingertips.