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Chinese mantis baby pics

A few weeks ago I acquired a Chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis) egg case. The egg case hatched this past week. Now I have lots of little mouths to feed!

This little specimen posed very obligingly for me as I was feeding them fruit flies. There is always something very satisfying about watching a critter eat.

Well, not for the fly I suppose...

Cheers,
EC
www.macrocritters.wordpress.com

Olympus OM-D E-M5; Zuiko 60mm F2.8 macro lens; Olympus RF-11 ring flash; F16 @ 1/200 sec); ISO 200


P7070482 baby mantid copyright ernie cooper 2013_filtered by ernie.cooper, on Flickr


P7070476 baby mantid 2 copyright ernie cooper 2013_filtered by ernie.cooper, on Flickr
 
for size comparison, are those the smalller fruit flies or the standard larger ones? either way, the mantids are so lil an cute :)
 
for size comparison, are those the smalller fruit flies or the standard larger ones? either way, the mantids are so lil an cute :)

Standard small fruitflies: Drosophila melanogaster.

:)

EC
 
They're cute for ferocious little beasts. :eek:
 
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