Gerade ne #Larve einer #Gottesanbeterin raus getragen. Hatte ich bisher auch noch nicht. #photography #mantis Finger for scale...
Gerade ne #Larve einer #Gottesanbeterin raus getragen. Hatte ich bisher auch noch nicht. #photography #mantis Finger for scale...
Insects & Spiders Tube (Mojö Fun)
After recently reviewing Safari Ltd.’s Insects TOOB and having previously reviewed CollectA’s Mini Insects and Spiders tube, I decided to follow them up with an overview of Mojö Fun’s 2024 Insects & Spiders Tube. I didn’t have high hopes for this set. Promo pics gave the impression of typical bin/dollar store-style cheap insects. And while such figures were probably the basis for several of […]
Read more... https://animaltoyforum.com/blog/insects-spiders-tube-mojo-fun/
This eerie but vibrant snap shows a flower mantis (Creobroter sp.) perched on top of the strange fruiting body of a Cordyceps fungus. In daylight, this insect is usually green, but wildlife photographer Irina Petrova Adamatzky used strategically placed coloured lights to accentuate its otherworldly appearance and that of the fungus. The shot won a bronze award in the 2025 World Nature Photography Awards
https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-025-00986-4/index.html
Peacock mantis and a Green turtle
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #giliair #trawangan #holidays #sealife #marinelife #comatule #mantis #padi #ocean #Indonésia #turtle
An Asian Ant Mantis (Odontomantis planiceps) nymph spotted at Springleaf Park Connector, Singapore on 17 Nov 2024. When young, the mantis is black and looks like an ant. This one is starting to turn green, the colour of the adult.
On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/251991728 ].
One spring, THREE mantis egg cases hatched on my porch. Nymphs everywhere, it was awesome. Mother was smart, laid her eggs near carnivorous plants, so they could feast on what they attracted with their nectar like aroma. Such "nectar" sometimes smells like cat pee or a whiff of decay, so that's nice.
Flower praying #mantis perched atop a #Cordyceps mushroom – Guangdong province, #China
Bronze in the plants and fungi category
Photograph: Irina Petrova/World Nature Photography awards
Chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis)
Driftless Area, Dane County, WI, USA
#mantis #insects #nature #naturephotography
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It can break a small bone : Peacock mantis shrimp - Odontodactylus scyllarus
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #giliair #trawangan #holidays #sealife #marinelife #peacock #shrimp #padi #ocean #Indonesia #mantis
Digging through my art reference photos, stumbled across the little dude that amazed me. Same mantis, saw him during the day and took pics, was using them and wanted some more after the sunset. I already thought their eyes are cool, but those night eyes are like vampiric pits, so metal.
A shrimp during a night dive
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #giliair #gilitrawangan #pets #ocean #sealife #marinelife #mantis #shrimp #nightdive #indonesia
The Master Poses with a Terrifying Creature
In 42 Stories Anthology
Inspired by the photo of Picasso by Robert Doisneau (1952)
https://worldsowide.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-master-poses-with-terrifying.html
#RobertDoisneau #PabloPicasso #LeonardBlumfeld #mantis #PrayingMantis
#MantisMonday, anyone?
A small Iberian mantis (Apteromantis aptera) [probably] showcasing its peculiar eyes.
My newest house guest.
A lovely female Praying Mantis
I'm only guessing it's a female as there's lots of very small mantlings around given that they famously kill the males after conceiving.
Anyone who owns a #mantis Q40 #braille display noticing that thumb and routing keys are no longer passed onto #NVDA after the v2.4 update? Lot of cool stuff, but something seems to have gone screwy #screenReader #blind #humanware