Praying Mantis
by Robert Bales
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Praying Mantis
Artist
Robert Bales
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Photograph - Photo
Description
The praying mantis is named for its prominent front legs, which are bent and held together at an angle that suggests the position of prayer. The larger group of these insects is more properly called the praying mantids. Mantis refers to the genus mantis, to which only some praying mantids belong.
By any name, these fascinating insects are formidable predators. They have triangular heads poised on a long "neck," or elongated thorax. Mantids can turn their heads 180 degrees to scan their surroundings with two large compound eyes and three other simple eyes located between them.
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September 7th, 2012
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Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 Views on One Image Group's Special Features Nominations For Promotion #25 . Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views on One Image Group....L/F/Tw
Bernadette Krupa
Congratulations, Robert, the Artist of the Week April 9 - April 15, 2023 in the 1,000 Views on 1 Image Group! L/F
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks, Christopher for the nice feature, congrats, comments, invite, and promotion!
Robyn King
Congratulations your beautiful work is being featured in 500 Views Share Group & Shared:-)
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the feature archives discussion in the Camera Art Group.
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