Caption

A brown praying mantis is cleverly hiding on a dry, spiny plant, a ghost mantis in a meadow near Windhoek in Namibia (Phyllocrania paradoxa)

Date

May 25, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Roland Brack

Reference

BRK26I02_105

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

82.8Mb (27.6Mb) / 14.6in x 22.0in / 4394 x 6588 (300dpi)

Keywords

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