Aren't these pretty?

[Steve]

Click for bigger versions. Photos taken by Sony Ericsson K800i

Managed to get them to sit still long enough for their photos to be taken.

 

[markie]

what the fook are them I know what the first pic is ( tea pot ) but the other 2 i'm

 

[Softus]

Is it a model of a preying mantis made out of some bits of old tat?

 

[wanabechippie]

looks like a mutant budgie!

 

[Steve]

Is it a model of a preying mantis made out of some bits of old tat?

No it isn't. Its a model of a preying mantis made out of pine leaves / twigs, made by a local craftsman in Cuba.

 

[wanabechippie]

T'rific.....

 

[Thermo]

oh how the long empty summers evenings must just roll by in the crafty household!

 

[noseall]

oh how the long empty summers evenings must just roll by in the crafty household!

 

[keyplayer]

Is it a model of a preying mantis made out of some bits of old tat?

No it isn't. Its a model of a preying mantis made out of pine leaves / twigs, made by a local craftsman in Cuba.

The craftsman may well have been preying upon tourists. The mantis however, is more likely praying.

 

[Softus]

The mantis however, is more likely praying.

Oops.

 

[tim west]

the two outside pics look more like crickets or grasshoppers nothing like a praying mantis that has a thin body and large head. as for the pic in the middle it's anyone guess what that's supposed to be?

 

[JohnD]

Is it a model of a preying mantis made out of some bits of old tat?

Curmudgeon

 

[hermes]

made by a local craftsman in Cuba.

Didn't realise Cuba was so close to Donnie/Rotherham?

 

[nickso]

why dont you just get the real thing from a pet shop...they cost buttons to buy and feed.....adn if you get bored they only last a few months.

seem to have mislaid pics of my mantis.....RIP bob

 

[Steve]

You're all barred!

LOL