Praying Mantis

This little chap appeared in my kitchen on the windowsill. I took it outside to let it go but took some photos before it disappeared because I liked the pattern of its wings.

[Stephanie Swift]

Beautiful closeup of the mantis's delicate structure and pattern.

[Maggiemae]

Terrific focus, Nick! The detail on the wings is very obvious! fav

[Louise]

Fantastic :)

[Phil Howcroft]

looks cool nick , i like it

[Bev]

Beautiful pattern on the wings, haven't seen one like that before. Great shot, you can see all the fine detail against the plain background.

[David M]

Great capture. Looks like she/he's posing for you :)

[Sue Cooper]

Fantastic close-up Nick. He's very cute.

[Nick]

@tristansmum @maggiemae @roachling @phil_howcroft @tramway @alextheseal @susiemc Thanks very much. Praying mantis' seem quite exotic to me - the only other country I've seen them in was Nigeria.

[Taffy]

Great capture, Nick!