Photo Info

Found outside Sleeping Labrador Productions

After arriving home from work one day a couple of weeks ago, I discovered the largest Mantis I'd ever seen - he was camped out on the exterior of our living room window. We were blown away when he decided to hang out there for the next four days! This image was made on his final morning 'in residence' - when stretched like this to dry out from an evening of hard rain, this mysterious creature was nearly the length of a table knife.

Camera Data

Canon EOS 5D | EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM
10/12/07 | 1/160 sec. | f/8 | -0.7ev | 200mm | ISO 100