
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.
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September 26, 2012 | Categories: autumn, flowers, insects, outdoors, praying mantis | Tags: autumn, chrysanthemums, insect, nature, nature photography, outdoors, photography, praying mantis | Leave a comment

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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August 2, 2012 | Categories: backyard, flowers, summer, wildflower | Tags: backyard flowers, black-eyed susan, insect, leafhopper, nature, photography, plants, wildflower | Leave a comment

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.
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September 26, 2010 | Categories: autumn, flowers, insects, outdoors, praying mantis | Tags: autumn, insect, nature photography, outdoors, photography, praying mantis | Leave a comment

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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August 1, 2010 | Categories: backyard, flowers, summer, wildflower | Tags: backyard flowers, black-eyed susan, insect, leafhopper, photography, wildflower | Leave a comment