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Madagascar copal (about 100 years-2 MYO) - extremely rare mantis nymph (Mantodea) - body 7 mm (by Anders Damgaard)

Pseudopupil

In the compound eye of invertebrates such as insects and crustaceans, the pseudopupil appears as a dark spot which moves across the eye as the animal is rotated. This occurs because the ommatidia which one observes “head-on” (along their optical axes) absorb the incident light, while those to one side reflect it. The pseudopupil therefore reveals which ommatidia are aligned with the axis along which the observer is viewing.

(Close up image of a Large Brown Mantis’ face (Archimantis latistyla) showing the black pseudopupil in its compound eye.)

Source: Wikipedia

insectlove:

mimejuice: Devil’s flower mantis (Blepharopsis mendica) eating cockroach (by geart1 on Flickr)

Time for You to Go (by Fab. B on Flickr)

Cone-head Mantis (Empusa pennata)

clusterpod:

Garden Mantis (Orthodera ministralis). There are several in my front garden today.

Don’t disturbing (by Mustafa Öztürk)

Be careful !!! (by Mustafa Öztürk)

Diabolic (by Aimishboy on Flickr)

Empusa fasciata Portrait

amherstwu:

Facing Death (by Aimishboy on Flickr)

A Female Praying mantis eating a Painted lady butterfly.

Masticating Mantis (by ~BigNtasty)

,Amciu.   (by ireneusz irass walędzik)

Adult Jeweled Flower Mantis (Creobroter gemmatus)  (by itchydogimages on Flickr)

Please sir, I want more…..  (by itchydogimages on Flickr)

Phyllocrania paradoxa - Ghost mantis

(by Thor Hakonsen)