Mantis Baby by Peter Hollinger

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23-FEB-2008	Peter Hollinger

Our mantis finally died, but her eggs started hatching today.
This guy is on the tip of my little finger. Some photos of Mommy:

Canon EOS 20D ,Sigma 150mm f/2.8 APO EX DG Macro HSM
1/250s f/18.0 at 150.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

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Guest		01-Apr-2008 13:03
Are you going to follow them all the way through to adulthood? 25 years ago I kept some mantids for several generations.... it was very interesting but quite hard work to keep them feed until I resorted to breeding blow flies.... much to the disapproval of nearly everyone who ventured into my room.

Peter Stubley		24-Feb-2008 02:47
Great macro, very nicely composed and lit.

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