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When I began my thread [thread=263165]New Idolomantis diabolica, L2[/thread] less than two months ago I expected that I'd have to wait at least six months or so to see the wild colors which these display as adults. Not quite there yet (the larger of mine is L5) but should be seeing maturity in just a couple more instars or so. It's been amazing, you can almost see them growing ... they seem to molt nearly every week!
I didn't feel it was any longer appropriate to post grown Idolo pics under the same thread as when I received them, so here is a feeding series of the smaller of my two (L4) eating a cricket. Their normal diet is of course flies, but just this once I thought a cricket would offer more interesting images ... plus give me time to complete the shoot. A fly is devoured in about two minutes!
These were taken with a Nikon D800E and Canon MP-E hand-held at 2X to 5X.
Idolomantis diabolica, 2-inch L4
I didn't feel it was any longer appropriate to post grown Idolo pics under the same thread as when I received them, so here is a feeding series of the smaller of my two (L4) eating a cricket. Their normal diet is of course flies, but just this once I thought a cricket would offer more interesting images ... plus give me time to complete the shoot. A fly is devoured in about two minutes!
These were taken with a Nikon D800E and Canon MP-E hand-held at 2X to 5X.
Idolomantis diabolica, 2-inch L4