Mantis
Fall is the season for mantises – full-size katydids and tree crickets, too:
This was a really big bug (3 or 4 inches long) with a small head. Images of the full bug would have had a cluttered background, so I tried head and shoulders portraits with 2X teleconverter with this result. If I waved my hand it at it, it looked at me fixedly like this. So far, this is the only mantis I’ve run into this season.
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I am getting a little nervous looking at this guy, fantastic work Thomas.
You have to wonder what the world looks like through those eyes…
He’s so cute! I love him!