Photo made with my Canon EOS 40D, lens Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM, on top attached Raynox DCR-250 macro lens. Manual focusing was better choice, because of wind and mantis movement, auto focus was moving lens like mad back and forward. I chose f/18 for better DOF, and the focal lenght was at 135mm.
This is SOC photo, scaled to smaller size.