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                  Creagrutus formosa 
                  ("to seize flesh" "finely formed") 
                    
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                  Specimen #01113, 9/2/2000 
                  Length: 3 inches, head to tail (8.5 cm) 
                  Composition: Sterling silver wire, 12kt gold filled 
                    wire, #12 surgical steel scalpel blades, utility blades 
                  Comments: My very first praying mantis sculpture. 
                    The heavy body and delicate torso is reminiscent of a gravid 
                    female (or maybe she just ate her boyfriend?). I had originally 
                    planned to keep this for myself, but... as with my other sculpture, 
                    I'd rather it be out there in the world. 
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