Praying Mantis, 2010
Praying Mantis
It’s actually from 2008, before I began photo-blogging, but it’s one of my favorites. Usually, finding a praying mantis is a surprise as they are typically so well camouflaged while waiting for a hapless insect to land nearby, but deep rose-colored chrysanthemums are hardly a foil for a long, slender pale green insect!
They aren’t fearful of humans so I could get close and take quite a few photos. I was watching its tongue flick in and out as it tasted/smelled the air, and I have a few photos of it cleaning its front legs as well.
Spending time with a living creature so different from one’s self is always an interesting experience.
A Little Green Visitor: 2010
A Little Green Visitor
A colorblind leafhopper? Or perhaps he realized the effect of apple green on yellow-gold and wanted to stand out in the crowd unlike others of his species who generally camouflage themselves on leaves and stems. In any case this little insect visitor made a very nice composition on the black-eyed susan.
Praying Mantis
Praying Mantis
Here’s the larger version of the photo in the header.
It’s actually from two years ago, before I began photo-blogging, but it’s one of my favorites. Usually, finding a praying mantis is a surprise as they are typically so well camouflaged while waiting for a hapless insect to land nearby, but deep rose-colored chrysanthemums are hardly a foil for a long, slender pale green insect!
They aren’t fearful of humans so I could get close and take quite a few photos. I was watching its tongue flick in and out as it tasted/smelled the air, and I have a few photos of it cleaning its front legs as well.
Spending time with a living creature so different from one’s self is always an interesting experience.
A Little Green Visitor
A Little Green Visitor
A colorblind leafhopper? Or perhaps he realized the effect of apple green on yellow-gold and wanted to stand out in the crowd unlike others of his species who generally camouflage themselves on leaves and stems. In any case this little insect visitor made a very nice composition on the black-eyed susan.
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