Eduardo Blanco / European mantis (Mantis religiosa) hunting swarming Pale burrower mayfly (Ephoron virgo), mayflies recently hatched. Tudela, La Ribera de Navarra, Navarre, Spain. August.
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Piotr Naskrecki / Termite (Macrotermes mossambicus) winged individual on pile of wings shed by other termites, with winged male Carpenter ants (Camponotus). Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. Highly commended in the...
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Morley Read / Brood chambers inside a Termite (Isoptera) nest with workers tending eggs, Napo Province in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Slow motion.
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Lucas Bustamante / Tropical shield mantis (Choeradodis sp.) Sumaco National Park, Napo, Ecuador
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Guy Edwardes / Reed cormorant (Microcarbo africanus) perched on termite mound, Khwai, Botswana.
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Lucas Bustamante / Tropical shield mantis (Choeradodis rhombicollis) in defensive position, on flower, Chinambi, Carchi, Ecuador.
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Lucas Bustamante / Tropical shield mantis (Choeradodis sp.) (Possibly C. rhombicollis) Canande, Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
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Staffan Widstrand / Praying mantis nymph silhouetted through leaf,. Raja Ampat, Western Papua, Indonesian New Guinea
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James Dunbar / Close up of a Cryptic mantis (Sibylla pretiosia) catching and eating a fruit fly, UK. Captive.
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James Dunbar / Close up of a Cryptic mantis (Sibylla pretiosia) catching and eating a fruit fly, UK. Captive.
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Nick Hawkins / Leaf mantis (Choeradodis sp.) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica.
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MYN / Gil Wizen / Israeli sand cockroach (Heterogamodes hebraica) composite showing ventral and dorsal view of female, Central Coastal Plain, Israel, April. Focus-stacked. meetyourneighbours.net project
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Alex Hyde / Question Mark Cockroach (Therea olegrandjeani) photographed on a white background. Captive, originating from India.
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Alex Hyde / Grass Mantis (Schizocephala bicornis) photographed on a white background. Captive, originating from India.
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Alex Hyde / Malaysian Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) white colour morph camouflaged on an orchid. Captive. Originating from Malaysia.
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Ingo Arndt / Cathedral Termite mount, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
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Ingo Arndt / Magnetic Termite (Amitermes meridionalis) mounds in grassland, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.
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Benjamin Barthelemy,Benjamin Barthelemy / European praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) on plant, Alsace, France, September.
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Juergen Freund / Spectral Tarsier (Tarsius tarsier) feeding on preying mantis in strangler fig tree, Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Nick Upton / Lesser cockroach (Ectobius panzeri) nymph climbing up a sandy slope in heathland, Dorset, UK, August.
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Neil Challis / Ants eating a winged termite, Western Thailand.
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Neil Challis / Walking flower mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) perched motionless on plant, Western Thailand, January.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Formosan subterranean termite queen (Coptotermes formosanus) showing abdomen distended with eggs, ACCB Cambodia. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Golden Asian mantis (Hierodula venosa) female moving around, then walks out of frame, Albuquerque Biological Park. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Pink orchid mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) rocking back and forth while cleaning its self, Saint Louis Zoo. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Malaysian dead leaf mantis (Deroplatys lobata) looking at camera, Saint Louis Zoo. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Malaysian dead leaf mantis (Deroplatys lobata) hanging upside down, Saint Louis Zoo. Captive.
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Eric Baccega / Giant African mantis (Sphodromantis viridis) on a leaf, Conkouati-Douli National Park, Republic of Congo, Africa.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Conehead mantis (Empusa pennata) resting on flowering lavender, Umbria, Italy. June.
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Doug Wechsler / Eastern subterranean termite (Reticulitermes flavipes), mostly nymphs with two soldiers and some workers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. April.
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Steven David Miller / A Garden or Australian green mantis (Orthodera ministralis) cleaning its legs on a red hibiscus, Cairns Botanical Gardens, Queensland, Australia. April.
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Alex Hyde / Bark mantis (Theopompa tosta), Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.
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Alex Hyde / Dragon mantis (Toxodera beieri), on white background. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.
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Alex Hyde / Dragon mantis (Toxodera beieri), Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.
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Alex Hyde / Dragon mantis (Toxodera beieri), Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.
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Alex Hyde / Dragon mantis (Toxodera beieri), detail of head showing large compound eyes giving it the visual acuity to hunt fast-moving prey. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.
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Alex Hyde / Dragon mantis (Toxodera beieri), detail of head showing large compound eyes giving it the visual acuity to hunt fast-moving prey. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.
Neil Challis / Macro shot of Asian ant mantis (Odontomantis planiceps) on a leaf cleaning its legs and eyes, Western Thailand.
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Neil Challis / Close up of Walking flower mantis (Hymenopus sp.) walking up grass stem out of frame, Western Thailand.
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Denis-Huot / Termite hill and acacia tree, Shaba national reserve, North Kenya
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Denis-Huot / Termite hill and acacia tree, Shaba National Reserve, North Kenya
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Michel Poinsignon / European praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) female on plant waiting for prey, Arnaville,Lorraine, France
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Termite mound in eucalyptus savannah. Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. 2008.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Termite mounds in eucalyptus savannah. Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. 2008.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) gravid female attacking and feeding on another gravid female, Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. September.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) gravid female attacking and feeding on another gravid female, Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. September.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) female adult over one of the giant blocks of a ruined wall. Cesi near Terni on the stones of a pre-Roman site, Umbria, Italy, September.
