Thread subject: Diptera.info :: wonderful Empusa! see this beauty! ;)

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 29-11-2006 00:28
#1
Hi

I took this photo in Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL on 26th November 2006
to beautiful Empusa pennata - nymph - perhaps a female.

The mantids are very cryptic.

static.flickr.com/101/306962015_339444d0d1.jpg

you can see it bigger here(highly recommended):
http://flickr.com...015&size=l

static.flickr.com/113/306711571_30160b682a.jpg

bigger: http://www.flickr...571&size=l
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 29-11-2006 00:32

Posted by Tony Irwin on 29-11-2006 00:47
#2
Hey Jorge - That would make a great avatar! CoolCoolCool

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 29-11-2006 11:27
#3
Tony Irwin wrote:
Hey Jorge - That would make a great avatar! CoolCoolCool


as you see, you have reason. GrinGrin thank you. Wink