A  mature female Chinese mantis, Tenodera sinensis, grooming.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Phyllocrania paradoxa, the ghost mantis, is an African insect that has become common in the pet trade.
A tree-dwelling mantis emerges from the moss in an Ecuadorian cloud forest.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
An Australian Garden Mantis Orthodera ministralis cleans pollen from her foot.

Melbourne, Australia
Orthodera ministralis - Australian Garden Mantis. The small wing pads indicate this individual is not yet mature.

Melbourne, Australia
Orthodera ministralis - Australian Garden Mantis

Melbourne, Australia
Tenodera sinensis - chinese mantis.
Tenodera sinensis - chinese mantis, nymph.
Tenodera sinensis - chinese mantis, nymph.
Tenodera sinensis - chinese mantis, nymph.
Tenodera sinensis - chinese mantis, nymph.
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