Kleptography - Mantis

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Baby blossom

This tiny green-brown baby with its coal-black eyes is a more difficult subject than his older relatives because he's rather nondescript. It helps to put him on a bright canvas to isolate and highlight him. This is also one tidy creature. A great percentage of shots show him cleaning his legs and his antennae and generally looking self-absorbed.