Lorraine Bennery / Conehead mantis (Empusa pennata), Dourbie river, Gard Department, France, May.

Lorraine Bennery / Conehead mantis (Empusa pennata) male, Dourbie river, Gard Department, France, May.

Lorraine Bennery / Conehead mantis (Empusa pennata) nymph, Verdon Regional Natural Park, France, April.

Lorraine Bennery / Conehead mantis (Empusa pennata) nymph, Prealpes d'Azur Regional Natural Park, France, May.

Robert Thompson / Conehead mantis (Empusa pennata) male nymph on Naked man orchid (Orchis italica) Niscemi, Sicily, April.

Pascal Pittorino / Conehead mantis (Empusa pennata) subadult hanging from a branch, Var, Provence, France, April

Adrian Davies / Conehead mantis (Empusa pennata), Provence, France, May.

MYN / Emanuele Biggi / Conehead mantis (Empusa pennata) nymph, Lerma, Italy, October. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Emanuele Biggi / Conehead mantis (Empusa pennata) nymph, Lerma, Italy, October. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Emanuele Biggi / Conehead mantis (Empusa pennata) nymph, Lerma, Italy, October. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Paul Harcourt Davies / Crested / Conehead / Praying Mantis (Empusa pennata) portrait on wooddland vegetation, Orvieto, Tuscany, Italy, Europe.

Lorraine Bennery / Conehead mantis (Empusa pennata) nymph on dried plant stem, Toulourenc valley, France.