Alien or Not!

[macromac]

These were shot last summer when our guys were weed eating, and drove a small herd of mantis's over to my office walkway. The brown mantis was walking on top of my monitor when I got this view. This looks like something out of the 'Alien' movie to me!

The green mantis was being very inquisitive as I shot it.

 

[pgriz]

<snip>The green mantis was being very inquisitive as I shot it.

I'm sure it was trying to figure out how to eat you. As in the old joke: "How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time."

 

[macromac]

<snip>The green mantis was being very inquisitive as I shot it.

I'm sure it was trying to figure out how to eat you. As in the old joke: "How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time."

:thumbup:

 

[orionmystery]

Lovely shots of the mantids.

 

[macromac]

Lovely shots of the mantids.

Thank you!

 

[Joel_W]

Two super Macro shots. The 2nd one looks like "it" actually is expressing some emotion.

 

[Netskimmer]

I like the second shot a lot better, but both are really nice.

The green mantis was being very inquisitive as I shot it.

I had the same experience. It kept stretching its 'arms' out toward the camera as though it wanted to touch it. At one point the mantis actually jumped onto the lens. I think he/she may have been seeing their reflection and mistook it for another mantis.

 

[Aloicious]

Excellent! #2 is a great shot he was definitely interested in what you were doing...