Mantis Collection (#3)

Big eyes
Wang Li

Amazon
Thierry Dufour

Northern Lights
Fabien BRAVIN

Mantis
Agoes Wahyudi

Mantis in yellow
Raffaella Coreggioli

Playing Horses
Fauzan Maududdin

Shadows and Silhouette
Fauzan Maududdin

The Abyss
Julien Martin

The Two Guards
Fauzan Maududdin

Shisei
Fabien BRAVIN

The pianist
Fabien BRAVIN

Fireworks
Fauzan Maududdin

Bulleye
Akin Durodola

Le frog IX
Savas Sener

The Mantis Sunset!
Sina Pezeshki

Purple King
Sebastien Blomme

Mantis
Ivy Deng

cavalry
Savas Sener

Praying Mantis on Russian Sage
Benton Murphy

DDE-90024681
Mantis shrimp (Stomatopoda) using club-like chlipeds to kill prey, Raja Ampat, New Guinea Island, Indonesia. Date: 19/05/2006

DDE-90024622
Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Sulawesi Island, Lembeh Straits. Female mantis shrimp holds eggs in mouth. Date: 11/02/2005

The goddess of the night
Thierry Dufour

Le chef d'orchestre
Sebastien Blomme

Guardian of the Garden. Creator: Joshua Johnston
Guardian of the Garden

13131058
Smashing Mantis Shrimp - TK2 dive site, Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, Indonesia Date: 25-09-2019

The Ugly Mother
Marco Fierli

Deroplatys Truncata on Cup Mushrooms
Abdul Gapur Dayak

Illustration of Insects c. 1923 (litho)
3090500 Illustration of Insects c.1923 (litho) by Millot, Adolphe Philippe (1857 - 1921); Private Collection; (add.info.: Adolphe Philippe Millot (1857 - 1921) was a French naturalist illustrator;

Margin-winged stick insect and red epacris
Margin-winged stick insect, Ctenomorpha chronus, and red epacris, Epacris impressa. (Walking stick mantis, Phasma sp.) Chromolithograph after an illustration by Louisa Anne Meredith from her book

Copperleaf snowberry and purple apple-berry
Copperleaf snowberry, Gaultheria hispida, and purple berry, Billardiera longiflora. With emerald king butterfly, Papilio palinurus

Mantis shrimp, Gonodactylus chiragra (Squilla gottosa). Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science

Mediterranean buckthorn, Rhamnus alaternus
Italian buckthorn or Mediterranean buckthorn, Rhamnus alaternus. Nerprun alaterne. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Mantis shrimp, Lysiosquilla scabricauda, dorsal and ventral. Stomapodi. Squilla coda-scabra. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze

Mantis, leaf insect, stick insect, etc
European mantis, Mantis religiosa 1, leaf insect, Phyllium siccifolium 2, stick insect, Phasma gigas 3, dusky cockroach, Ectobius lapponicus 4, and earwig, Forficula parallela 5

Common flying dragon and two-horned chameleon
Common flying dragon, Draco volans, and two-horned chameleon, Furcifer bifidus. Drago lineato o di Giava, Camaleonte forcuto

Purple-winged mantis, Tenodera australasiae (Australasian mantis, Mantis australasiae). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn

Praying mantis, Mantis religiosa, and egg case. Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches, Liepzig, 1842

Spearer mantis shrimp, Lysiosquillina maculata (Squilla maculata). Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Blanchard from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire

Grasshoppers and Mantises (colour woodblock print)
CHT175083 Grasshoppers and Mantises (colour woodblock print) by Japanese School, (19th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; eArchives Charmet; Japanese, out of copyright

Mantis shrimp, Squilla mantis (Le Squille de sable terrestre, Cancer macrourus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georg Wolfgang Knorr from his Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van

Varieties of butterflies, moths and insects. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Christian Leinberger from Georg Wolfgang Knorrs Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van

Mantis species, tiger beetle and mantidfly
European mantis, Mantis religiosa 1, leaf mantis, Choeradodis rhomboidea 2, tiger beetle, Manticora latipennis 3, mantidfly, Mantispa styriaca 4. Mante, Manicore, Mantispe

Dragon stick insect and Stagmomantis domingensis
Dragon stick insect, Haplopus jamaicensis 1, and Stagmomantis domingensis 2. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwoods new edition of Dru Drurys Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Bohn, London

Exotic hornets, wasps and bees
Oriental hornet, Vespa orientalis 1, scarab hunter wasp, Campsomeris quadrimaculata 2, hairy footed flower bee, Anthophora plumipes 3, steel-blue wasp, Chalybion caeruleum 4, preying mantis

Mantis and stick insects
Conehead mantis, Empusa pennicornis 1, wandering violin mantis, Gongylus gongylodes 2, common walkingstick insect, Diapheromera femorata 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

African flower mantis and exotic beetles
African flower mantis, Pseudocreobotra ocellata Mantis Harpax ocellaria 1, Pentatoma bicolorata 2, Cerbus? flaveolus 3, Diaspidius scapha 4, and Pyrrhocoris princeps 5

Chinese begonia, Begonia species
La Begon de la Chine. Chinese begonia, Begonia species. Preying mantis. Named for Michel Begon, governor of the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti)

Cockscomb, Celosia cristata, with praying mantis
L Amarante rouge a Crete. Cockscomb, Celosia cristata, with praying mantis. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus

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"Mantis: A Fascinating World of Intricate Creatures" Step into the mesmerizing world of mantises, where beauty and complexity intertwine. Through a Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM), we are granted a close-up view of a Praying Mantis at an astonishing magnification of x30. Its intricate head, captured in Kenya, Africa, reveals the remarkable details that make this creature so captivating. As we delve deeper into their world, we discover the wings development of these enchanting insects. From the Marcos Mantis GT to the Devil Stick Mantis (Idolomantis diabolica) subadult, each species showcases its unique characteristics through close-ups of their heads and forelegs. In Europe's steppe near River Ural in Orenburg region hides another fascinating resident - the European/Praying Mantis. This elusive creature finds solace amidst long grasses as it waits patiently for its next meal. Speaking of meals, witnessing a Praying Mantis devouring a cricket is both awe-inspiring and slightly eerie. But our journey doesn't end with living mantises; it extends back millions of years through time itself. Fossilized mantis specimens preserved in amber from Dominican Republic take us back 15-40 million years to the oligocene and miocene eras. Encased within hardened tree resin lie remnants from extinct species trapped forever in time. Yet not all mantises reside solely on land; some find themselves aboard vessels like Hms Mantis on Tigris or even donning vibrant yellow hues that catch our eye effortlessly. The world of mantises is one filled with wonderment and intrigue – an ecosystem within itself where survival instincts blend seamlessly with delicate gracefulness. These creatures remind us that even within small dimensions lies immense beauty waiting to be discovered by those who dare to look closer.