A hooded mantis (Mantidae: genus Choeradodis) feeds on a grasshopper in Belize. This picture was taken using the "white box" technique, wherein a box is built with white reflective material (e.g. posterboard) and the flash is moved off-camera to diffuse light evenly around the subject.
Chinese mantis (male), Tenodera sinensis, from Iowa.
Giant Asian mantis nymph (Heirodula sp.) from Chiang Mai, Thailand.
