Perfect Camouflage in Thailand

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Mike

This green boxer praying mantis was on one of the small trees I keep in pots at the edge of the patio. Very hard to spot with almost perfect camouflage.

Compare this mantis with a Brown Praying Mantis.

Equipment: Fuji Fine Pix S5000

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  • White Oleander

    Great capture! It’s really hard to tell from the picture.

  • Ratty

    Pretty cool. If it wasn’t centered in a photo, I’d probably miss it.

  • Martin in Bulgaria

    Hi Mike, I had to look twice to spot this chap. The wonders of the animal kingdom amaze us all.

  • Emm

    Great shot! I can’t beleive you noticed him. I on the other hand, hate praying mantises. I had a bit of an argument with one in South Africa but it seems I am unable to kill bugs anymore as I made sure he made it out of the bathroom alive and intact.

  • The Prodigal Tourist

    They are amazing, aren’t they? We find entirely brown ones sometimes on our brown fence, dark green ones in the bushes. Daughter loves them.

  • Dusty Lens

    Clever disguise, very difficult to view him.

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