Ghost Mantis (Brown) - Macro View

Dark Ghost Mantis (Phyllocrania paradoxa): My little black dragon with the lightning bolt crest. Ghost mantises look a bit reptilian, and when viewed head-on their flattened, upright rump takes on the appearance of the flanged throat of a cobra. Coincidence or predator code for ’danger’? They bob and weave much like a coiled snake as well, but that’s to imitate the movement of leaves in the wind. Odd thing about mantises is once a mantis catches sight of the camera lens they invariably head right