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Closeup of a mantis nimph at dawn in a floweer.

Detailed macro photo of a Tettigoniidae (or katydid), showing its vibrant green color and intricate body pattern. Wulai, Taiwan.

A vertical closeup shot of a mantis on a wood

Tettigoniidae, or Katydid Bush Cricket, resting on chrysanthemums . OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Grasshopper on yellow flower petals - animal behavior.

Newborn wingless praying mantis babies perch on leaves at the edge of a rural rice field.

The female praying mantis sits on tree branch masquerading against its background and turns its head looking around. Crimean praying mantis (Ameles heldreichi)

$Tot 30-39mm, Ab 25-32mm, HW 19-23mm.\nOur most delicate Lestes, which is normally easily separated by its statue and coloration, although some Iberian populations recall L. barbarous.\nHabitat: A wide variety of seasonally dry shallow and reedy waters in the south, becoming more critical in the north-west, where it is most abundant in heath and bog lakes with peat moss (Sphagnum) and rushes (Juncus).\nFlight Season: Northern populations mostly emerge in July, flying into November.\nDistribution: Widespread in Europe, although seldom the dominant Lestes species. Distribution recall L. barbarous, and also tends to wander like that species, though rarely in similarly great numbers.\n\nThis Species is to be seen in the describe Habitats, but not as common as L. sponsa in the Netherlands.$

A close-up of a green mantis perched atop a green leaf

Green grass background with insect, selective focus, canon 1Ds mark III

Female meadow grasshopper (Chortippus parallelus) sitting on a leaf.

Close-up of a leprous milkweed locust in the wild in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

$Identification:\nTot 57-66mm, Ab 39-49mm, Hw 37-42mm.\nIn flight often confused with the related and similar small A. mixta. Ranges less far north, but also migratory and may be invasive in good summers.\nMales are often observed when making low patrols over drying wetlands, showing their noticeable bright colors. The males vivid blue eyes and abdomen and largely green thorax sides are especially distinctive.\nHabitat: Prefers standing waters that dry up over the course of Summer, often overgrown with low rushes, bulrushes or reeds.\nFlight Season: On average, emerges earlier than A. mixta. Seen mainly from May to August, especially in the later months.\nDistribution: Seldom abundant, and only permanently present around the Mediterranean, but scarce in much of Iberia and North Africa. Hot summer weather may lead to influxes further north. Occurs east to Mongolia.\n\nThis Picture is made in a Fen area in Flevoland in half August 2022 by high Summer temperatures.$

Closeup of a single orange-yellow beetle clinging to the tip of a grass plant on a green background.

Grasshopper plays hide and seek on red leaf.

Helichrysum on the arenarium plant praying mantis beetle. The scientific name of mantis; Empusa fasciata

A praying mantis out and about on a bush

Small insect on the ears of barley, selective focus

$Tot: 45-50mm, Ab 30-37mm, Hw 33-38mm.\nIdentification:\nVery similar to O. cancellatum, with which it is found especially in the south-east, and as far west as France. However, it is sleeker, paler and more contrasting. Named for the contrasting white appendages of both sexes.\nBehavior:\nLike O. cancellatum, male often sits on open ground near the water, making very fast, low flights over the water.\nOccurrence:\nDistribution is patchy, but the species is generally not uncommon, stretching to China and Japan.\nHabitat: Open Ponds and Lakes.\nFlight Season: From the end of May to mid-September.\n\nThis nice Skimmer is photographed during a Vacation in France in May 1990. Scanned from a slide.$

Large female green praying mantis sits wings spread on the tree branch covered with lichen and looks around. Transcaucasian tree mantis (Hierodula transcaucasica)

Close up praying mantis's compound eyes looking at camera.

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