Forget about the mantis...
@Waira that's some wicked looking crystal on that bud!
Dude...awesome insect pics man...totally dig the momma with babies!
No real insect pics...but here is a little fella that made quite the impression when I was fishing at my friends cottage a few years ago.
First he gave me a little show doing a pole dance around a water nav buoy.
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Played around in the rocks for a bit before deciding to take a dip
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I literally could have reached over the side of the boat and grabbed him, he swam right up to me.
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