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Praying mantis (Polyspilota aeruginosa) (1)

Praying mantis (Polyspilota aeruginosa) (1)

Beautiful mantids with brightly colored fore-arms. Can grow quite big (up to about 80mm), are ferocious and will fight back when disturbed persistently. This on...
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Beautiful mantids with brightly colored fore-arms. Can grow quite big (up to about 80mm), are ferocious and will fight back when disturbed persistently. This one was about 45mm in body length. Photographed in George, South Africa.
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camera

NIKON D800E

settings

settings

Aperture f/11 ISO 2000 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 1050/10

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upload_date

Mar, 2018

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51

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+10

Awards

Peer Award

+5

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