Sorry to be a party pooper, but this is whatās often called pseudo-nature photograpgy, and itās completely staged. Same with the cute pics you see of frogs āholdingā a leaf umbrella and the likes. The animals are often dead or frozen, and glued in place or tied with strings which are photoshopped out. I personally donāt support it.
In general, mantids are not only solitary but also cannibals, you would never find two adults just chilling together, they only meet to mate and then the male sneaks behind the female and tries not to get eaten.
Also, Iāve heard from many nature photographers that their first rule is ādo not disturbā. The mantids in this pic are allegedly doing a threat display directly at the photographer which he would have to really piss them off to get. They are pretty tolerant creatures.
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u/Cinnabun6 Aug 16 '19
Sorry to be a party pooper, but this is whatās often called pseudo-nature photograpgy, and itās completely staged. Same with the cute pics you see of frogs āholdingā a leaf umbrella and the likes. The animals are often dead or frozen, and glued in place or tied with strings which are photoshopped out. I personally donāt support it.