I am a teen and have been keeping exotic animals for the last five years. I decided to try out macro photography this year. Every photo posted here was taken with my Samsung Galaxy S8 phone, and a clip-on macro lens.

I own or have owned the majority of the animals that I have photographed, and I have been raising and breeding exotic praying mantids for years. I also have three geckos, three green anoles, a corn snake, a tarantula, a hissing cockroach, etc.

I’m just starting out with my photography, so I’d love to hear your opinions!

Male Madagascar Ghost Mantis, Phyllocrania Paradoxa.

Just hatched, L1 Madagascar Ghost Mantis

Female Orchid Mantis, Native to Southeast Asia

Male Pinktoe Tarantula, juvenile. Named Aragog.

Phiddipus sp. Jumping Spider, found on my bedroom wall.

Adult Male Crested Gecko, named Taryn

Taryn, Adult Male Crested Gecko

Hatching Budwing Mantis Nymph

Just Hatched Budwing Mantis Nymph (Size of an ant)

Baby Crested Gecko (Name ideas?)

Baby Crested Gecko

Second Instar Budwing Mantis Nymph

Derp.

Hi!!

Juvenile Male Madagascar Hissing Cockroach, named Saka

Crestie heart

Female Ghost Mantis

Female Ghost Mantis

Female Ghost Mantis

Juvenile Female Amelanistic Corn Snake named Selkie

Pinktoe Tarantula, named Aragog

My 8 week old poodle puppy, Duffy.

Wild baby bunny eating clover

Puppy nose! (Not my dog)

Kiwi, the female Green Anole

Grog, my American Gray Treefrog

Phiddipus sp. Jumping Spider Sling

Katoa, My Female Green Anole

Adult female Violin Mantis (view of prothorax shield and back of head)

Selkie, My Corn Snake

Giant Asian Mantis Adult Female

Grog, the American Grey Tree Frog

Red-eyed tree frog

Young Shield Mantis Nymph

Indian Flower Mantis

Brunner’s Mantis

Raptorial Arm of Violin Mantis

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