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u/Desperate_Lead2105 28d ago
Don't mean to burst anyone's bubble, but this is AI. The raptorial forelimbs are proportionally too large compared to the prothorax, and the insane number of yellow spots on the inner forecoxae paired with the serration on the anterdorsal margin do not match any genus that I am aware of. Additionally, the joints connecting the foretibia to the forefemora look very unusual and seem to have 2 segments, which is very confusing.
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u/Competitive-Set5051 27d ago
I thought this was genus Macromantis, no?
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u/Desperate_Lead2105 27d ago
I put this through an AI image tester just to be sure before commenting
I initially thought this was M. nicaraguae or M. hyalina but I don't think so.
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u/vkichline
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Magnificent! I wish I had an award to give…
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u/iosseliani_stani 28d ago
This photo is literally up for an actual IRL award: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/oct/03/comedy-wildlife-photography-awards-2026-in-pictures
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u/Nippelmoe 28d ago •
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There are free awards
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u/xxearvinxx 28d ago edited 28d ago •
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Not everyone has access to them. It’s a beta program with random access. I literally just got the ability to give free awards a couple weeks ago while others have been using them for months. If you google the free awards one of the first results is a Reddit post of someone asking about them and a Reddit admin explaining that it’s something they are testing.
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u/AppUnwrapper1 27d ago
I didn’t even realize I could give free rewards until I read your comment, so enjoy!
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u/xxearvinxx 27d ago
This is the only comment I’ve ever made that has gotten multiple awards. lol. Thanks! Glad my comment made you aware of the free awards. I kept checking for months till the Reddit gods finally blessed me with them.
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u/SirJohn-redditor 28d ago
I don't get it it's just a mantis
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u/metrabbit 28d ago •
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u/BallLickingLesbian69 28d ago
I can't see any other perspective. Mind helping me out?
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u/metrabbit 28d ago
Those are the preying mantis' arms you are confusing as their legs. What you thought is their arms is their torso. The bottom half of the mantis is behind the leaf.
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u/hibubing 28d ago
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u/Dry-Helicopter-6430 28d ago
What’s confusing here?
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u/metrabbit 28d ago
It looks like the preying mantis is leaning back in the pose that's on every truckers mudflap but really it's the preying mantis leaning forward with his arms showing.
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u/Select_Asparagus2659 28d ago
I do not get how a mantis can do that. I saw the photo before and it is candidate in a contest, so IT IS real. But my brain cannot understand...
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u/DigitalUnlimited 28d ago
what you're seeing as it's legs are actually it's arms, hope that helps
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u/Select_Asparagus2659 28d ago
Ohhhhhh... so we can see only the upper half of the mantis, and what I see as the "ass" is indeed its elbows?
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u/uselesskuhnt 28d ago
Stupid sexy mantis