@whatisnew a couple weeks ago I had found a baby mantis but now that it snowed last week I couldn't find them in their usual spot anymore, they probably got frozen to death.Here's this week's entry for #butterflyday by
Fortunately my sister lives in Arizona and caught this guy looking in her window.
Also I dug through the archives to find this mantis I caught a couple years ago acting like a twig. He sat there and posed while I setup my camera.
Here's a mantis from last year sitting on my car wanting to hitch a ride lol. I actually tried to catch this one then it flew onto the side of a building just out of reach looking at me trying to reach up to grab him. They seem pretty smart.
Here's another photo I found where I didn't realize I caught this fly just barely taking off. From the thumbnail it looked like it was just sitting on the edge of the leaf but it is actually taking off.
Here's another one from my archives, a candy striper leaf hopper. These are tiny little colorful specs among the early summer leaves. You really have to sneak up on them otherwise they leap off into oblivion somewhere never to be found again.
Here's a close-up of its bold colors.
Now that it looks like this over here I'll be digging through my old insect photos for #butterflyday and #insectpub
Now for a bonus blue jay about to eat a green caterpillar. This was another shot I didn't realize had something interesting going on in it until I opened it up in photoshop :-).
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I gotbbn plenty more ebtymology material :-)
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Snow 😥
Yeah the bugs are gone now 🥶
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@Tipu curate That leaf hopper is quite gorgeous! Great photos! Except maybe that one with the snow. I wish we could ignore that.
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Yeah might have to just take pictures of my pet tarantulas and vinegaroon all winter for any new material lol.
I am feeling the same way. Maybe I'll begin taking pictures of each object in my house and garage.
Those are wonderful photos! I love all the details on the mantises. And the leafhopper, of course. What a stunner!
Those little leaf hoppers are hard to find, even though they are super bright. I'll have to post some buffalo leaf hoppers i found, they have little horns.
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You had a couple of nice surprises with the enlarged photos. That always makes it fun.
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Now it has me zooming in on all my old photos :-)
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Wow, every insect is pretty of their activity.
Pretty interesting little creatures.
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Once again, your photos are amazing! Look at that cutie looking in the window. : ) The close-up of the candy stripe is gorgeous and the fly taking off with the wings up is a first for me. Love it! And what can I say about the blue jay...awesome! Thanks for using #butterflyday tag. : )
I have so many undeveloped pictures to review some day maybe a few more tricky surprises await me.
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I hope so! I love surprises as long as they are not spiders. LOL!
Oh my, you got a lot of snow, while here we still feel like summer.
Amazing photos as always. 😀
Lucky, keep an eye out for mantids for me :-)
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Son unas maravillosas fotos. Como siempre. Las mantis, la mosca despegando, el pájaro comiendo, hermosas!!. Saludos.