Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:European praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) green female Dobruja.jpg

File:European praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) green female Dobruja.jpg, featured

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• Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Arthropods#Family : Mantidae (Mantids)
•  Info The occupant of the tee-shirt where she alighted moved around and bent over to facilitate a clear shot. One current FP. All by Charlesjsharp -- Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:40, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
•  Support -- Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:40, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
•  Comment Fabric as a background for an insect? It's not natural -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 19:07, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

• Pure cotton actually! I agree it is not perfect, but it is in nature, not posed/studio and not captive. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:56, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

•  Support Nice pose! --SHB2000 (talk) 11:50, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --Tournasol7 (talk) 14:50, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --Fischer.H (talk) 16:58, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
•  Comment This can't be an FP with such a blurry red canvas.--Famberhorst (talk) 17:20, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

• Why can't it? It's not the subject. How come you like the wasp on the blurry flower, but not the mantid on the blurry tee-shirt. Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:22, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

• Answer: For me, the partially out-of-focus red cloth can make or break the picture. it is part of the photo. You could have waited for the grasshopper to sit on a natural subject.-- Famberhorst (talk) 04:48, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

• No I couldn't. The natural 'subject' for a mantis is to be hidden among grass. If the mantis is 100% visible in an image like this, it has nearly always been placed by hand. I was lucky that she landed on a compliant tee-shirt. I cannot complain of course if you oppose on the basis of a the man-made support. I've done that in the past. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:02, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

• Thank you for your explanation.--Famberhorst (talk) 15:47, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

•  Support per SHB. —Urban Versis 32^KB ⚡ ^{(talk | contribs)} 22:13, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
•  Oppose Tee-shirt is too disturbing in my opinion --Clément Bardot (talk) 09:27, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
•  Support Daniel Case (talk) 04:03, 28 August 2022 (UTC)
•  Support -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:33, 28 August 2022 (UTC)
•  Support Tee-shirt might be a bit disturbing, but this photo is certainly better than the other FP of this. I like the colors composition. -- Pofka (talk) 08:46, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 8 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:54, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Arthropods#Family : Mantidae (Mantids)