Barbossa Conquest
57Meet Barbossa, my second pet mantis
I lost Laverne, my first pet mantis, when our neighbor's cat jumped into my terrarium. My parents and I went back to Descanso Gardens last Sunday to find another mantis, maybe a brother or sister of Laverne. We almost gave up minutes before the park closed when, on top of a rose flower, a fierce-looking mantis was spotted by my mom's aimless videographing. Right away, my dad slowly put his forefinger next to its front legs to invite the insect for a ride. And indeed, the mantis climbed up to my dad's palm. We brought him home and set up the terrarium once again. Because of the way this mantis looks, like a hungry predator, I named him Barbossa.
Last night, my mom caught a medium-sized cricket at the backyard. She fed the live cricket to Barbossa who was then out on my dad's palm. Here is a series of pictures of how hungry Barbossa gobbled the cricket piece by piece in just a few minutes.
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That's a neat pet and quite a photo sequence!
What kind of macro setup was used to take those pictures? Do you have a ring-flash?
nothing expensive.. just an ordinary canon 50mm f1.8 lens and kenko extension tubes. flash? just the built-in flash of my camera. yeah, i wish i had the twin light or ring flash for macro. --- JingleBeeZ
I loved the photos and text. -- and you have a great name, too.
great pics did you know your mantis looks like ET.....JIMMY
My Dad said the ET character was copied from a mantis. That's just because he hasn't seen a real ET.
You mean mantises are not ETs?
No. They are not ETs but they act like one.
omg I always thought the praying mantis was such a nice innocent insect
Thanks for sharing that. It looked very professional, well done.
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livelonger says:
3 years ago
Incredibly vivid pics!!! I can't believe Barbossa ate the cricket while sitting in your father's hand the whole time.