Busy week! I decided to reward myself this weekend by going out and finding myself a new species of mantis.

Back in February, I had come across the glimpse of a mantis on the trunk of an old rubber tree. It was in my sights for about a fraction of a second before it darted off, never to be seen again.

Cut to yesterday; I finally decided to go out an find myself one of these elusive mantises. I scoured an old rubber plantation, and within half an hour, I'd bagged myself two specimens: one healthy adult female, and one...less healthy subadult female.

This is the adult female! Her name is Duan :]