Beary Strange
Arachnodemon
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This is hilarious.
So Papilio...any chance you'd let us see some of their set-ups?
This is hilarious.
I hope not! That may mean that I'd need to get tested for diabetes too, I much prefer honey to flies as well!Papilio are you making diabetic mantids now?
This is hilarious.
So Papilio...any chance you'd let us see some of their set-ups?
Well not everything has to be a glamour shot. It would be interesting to me. Pretty please with invertebrates on top?Afraid they wouldn't be very interesting, this is just my photography "studio set". I just keep them in plastic hex enclosures.
LOL! Okay, some non-glam shots. Minimal processing, but as you can see it looks pretty blurry through the enclosure plastic. I keep the temps up to about 95F with a lamp, and I put a wet wad of paper towels inside to keep the humidity up around 70%, not easy at those temps. The paper towels are removed when dry and replaced, so as not to allow any mold to form.Well not everything has to be a glamour shot. It would be interesting to me. Pretty please with invertebrates on top?
Ha, ha... 60-70% of my postprocessing time is removal of these nasty "dots" from the pictureLOL Quite right ... good thing you can't see its dirty sensor!
I finally got my own cleaning supplies for my FF Nikon ... it's so easy, I wouldn't worry one bit about hurting the sensor (or more properly the low-pass filter), so much of the stuff on the web is just spreading paranoid nonsense about cleaning sensors yourself.Ha, ha... 60-70% of my postprocessing time is removal of these nasty "dots" from the picture
Thanks a lot!Beautiful shot as always! Does she got a bended leg?
No kidding!That diobalicas gaining some size!
-JohnD.
Thanks a lot Austin, I really appreciate it!Amazing photos man. Really enjoy mantids and viewing this thread makes me want to start collecting them again. Just always get bumbed about their life span!
Thanks a lot Chase!Great thread and collection, Michael. I especially like that Hymenopus coronatus.
I'm too new to mantids to give a lifespan figure from experience, but it's something like one year.How many months do they live? Where u buy them from?
Thanks a lot Chris! This is becoming a beautiful mantis.These are your best ones of mantids. You can even see the texture on the eyes w/that stack!