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Empusa Pennata

This was one of the insects that I liked more to photograph this kind of praying mantis it is rare to find at Portugal, she has this look like small tree branch...
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This was one of the insects that I liked more to photograph this kind of praying mantis it is rare to find at Portugal, she has this look like small tree branches, to better attack the prey, or even to hide from predators , I took her some photographs and I put her in a small bush, the colors were so identical to the bush that I eventually lost sight of her for a moment.
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NIKON D3100

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Aperture f/13 ISO 280 Shutter 1/500 Focal Length 550/10

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Dec, 2015

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