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Creobroter gemmatus - Jeweled Flower Mantis Nymph This is a flower mantis nymph, my guess would be 3rd instar. The coloring is so different to the adults. Probably to do with where it spends its early development, amongst the woodwork of the bushes, picking off insects of a size that it can manage.<br /> <br /> Location is Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Alongside a stream and paddy fields.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/38741/creobroter_gemmatus_-_jeweled_flower_mantis_nymph.html" title="Creobroter gemmatus - Jeweled Flower Mantis Nymph"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2784/38741_thumb.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=71o7tkVscGGFTt8xbHSyjjNLmNw%3D" width="200" height="200" alt="Creobroter gemmatus - Jeweled Flower Mantis Nymph This is a flower mantis nymph, my guess would be 2nd instar.<br /> <br /> Location is Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Alongside a stream and paddy fields.<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/38740/creobroter_gemmatus_-_jeweled_flower_mantis_nymph.html Bandung,Creobroter gemmatus,Geotagged,Indonesia,Java,Jeweled flower mantis,West Java,Winter,flower mantis,jewelled flower mantis,mantis,nymph" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/38739/creobroter_gemmatus_-_jeweled_flower_mantis.html" title="Creobroter gemmatus - Jeweled Flower Mantis"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2784/38739_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=t0NdgjUI8CF%2FOiuXDvm9MR%2Fm%2BZI%3D" width="200" height="200" alt="Creobroter gemmatus - Jeweled Flower Mantis Mantids are probably the most photogenic of all bugs. Those huge, alien eyes that follow you everywhere, on that triangular head, just screams out &lsquo;extra-terrestrial&rsquo;. The mouth, just dripping with fingers. Those arms permanently poised to attack and pull the prey into a grizzly death. The slow, stealth of its rocking motion is enough to convince me to be a good boy, just in case reincarnation is a reality and bad boys come back as flies.<br /> <br /> Here are a few of my favourite flower mantis shots.<br /> <br /> Location is Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Alongside a stream and paddy fields.<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/38738/mantis_mouth_7363.html<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/38740/creobroter_gemmatus_-_jeweled_flower_mantis_nymph.html Bandung,Creobroter gemmatus,Geotagged,Indonesia,Java,Jeweled flower mantis,Spring,West Java,flower mantis,jewelled flower mantis,mantis" /></a></figure> Bandung,Creobroter gemmatus,Geotagged,Indonesia,Java,Jeweled flower mantis,Summer,West Java,flower mantis,jewelled flower mantis,mantis,nymph Click/tap to enlarge

Creobroter gemmatus - Jeweled Flower Mantis Nymph

This is a flower mantis nymph, my guess would be 3rd instar. The coloring is so different to the adults. Probably to do with where it spends its early development, amongst the woodwork of the bushes, picking off insects of a size that it can manage.

Location is Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Alongside a stream and paddy fields.

Creobroter gemmatus - Jeweled Flower Mantis Nymph This is a flower mantis nymph, my guess would be 2nd instar.<br /> <br /> Location is Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Alongside a stream and paddy fields.<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/38740/creobroter_gemmatus_-_jeweled_flower_mantis_nymph.html Bandung,Creobroter gemmatus,Geotagged,Indonesia,Java,Jeweled flower mantis,West Java,Winter,flower mantis,jewelled flower mantis,mantis,nymph

Creobroter gemmatus - Jeweled Flower Mantis Mantids are probably the most photogenic of all bugs. Those huge, alien eyes that follow you everywhere, on that triangular head, just screams out ‘extra-terrestrial’. The mouth, just dripping with fingers. Those arms permanently poised to attack and pull the prey into a grizzly death. The slow, stealth of its rocking motion is enough to convince me to be a good boy, just in case reincarnation is a reality and bad boys come back as flies.<br /> <br /> Here are a few of my favourite flower mantis shots.<br /> <br /> Location is Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Alongside a stream and paddy fields.<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/38738/mantis_mouth_7363.html<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/38740/creobroter_gemmatus_-_jeweled_flower_mantis_nymph.html Bandung,Creobroter gemmatus,Geotagged,Indonesia,Java,Jeweled flower mantis,Spring,West Java,flower mantis,jewelled flower mantis,mantis

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The Jeweled Flower Mantis

''Creobroter gemmatus'', common name jeweled flower mantis, is a species of praying mantis native to Asia.

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Uploaded May 10, 2016. Captured Jan 10, 2015 09:30 in Jl. Lavender No.8, Ciwaruga, Parongpong, Kabupaten Bandung Barat, Jawa Barat, Indonesia.
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  • NIKON D7000
  • f/13.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO400
  • 105mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.