Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Mantis in Defense Posture

Mantis in Defense Posture

Original - Adult Large Brown Mantid in typical defense position. Archimantis latistyla, Praying Mantis, Praying Mantid, often mistakenly spelled preying mantis.

Reason

Good, but not the best, quality of a mantis in "Back Away!" posture :)

Articles this image appears in

Mantis, Archimantis latistyla

Creator

159766 - dr. Tibor Duliskovich - http://www.duliskovich.com

• Support as nominator --ZooFari 19:00, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
• Comment I can't support this until there is a referenced mention of this defensive pose somewhere in one of the articles. Noodle snacks (talk) 02:05, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
  • Agree Nice catch, Noodle snacks. ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 00:54, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Not promoted --Intothewoods29 (talk) 22:58, 7 February 2009 (UTC)