Black Mantis
Praying mantis has some green and red underneath. Woodgate, Qld.
Bush Mantis
Portrait of a small mantis. Anstead, Qld.
Mantis Nymph
Master of camouflage and swift, this mantis nymph was a challenge to capture. Mundubbera, QLD.
Baby Mantis
Baby mantids run and jump very fast. Karawatha, QLD.
Mantis nymph tries to trick me into thinking it's a leaf. Oxley Creek, QLD.
Praying Mantis
Well camouflaged mantis on a tree. Toowong, QLD.
Brown Mantis
Mantis' colouring is perfectly matched by the dead shrub it was hiding on. Mundubbera, QLD.
This mantis has the smallest ocelli I've seen for an insect of its size. Mundubbera, QLD.
Mantis is well camouflaged among the dead twigs on a dead shrub. Mundubbera, QLD.
Mantid Nymph
Baby mantis poses for me. I don't think it's praying. Toowong, QLD.
Mantis Nymph with Injured Eye
Mantis Ali. Obviously a boxer. Bunyaville, QLD.
Eye Dent
My guess is boxing.
Hanging
Mantis hangs from a leaf, backlit by the sun. Oxley Creek, QLD.
A common garden mantis in Australia. Durack, QLD.
Common brown garden mantis. Durack, QLD.