One of those things I had to share. Out early the other morning after an overnight rain, I was examining the azalea bush for interesting stuff, mostly looking for a way to use the rising sun and the raindrops creatively. One of the little mantises was too deep among the leaves to catch the [...]
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April 29th, 2013 | Tags: Chinese mantis, Green Lynx spider, Peucetia viridans, Tenodera aridifolia sinensis | Category: Nature, Photography |
 Leave a commentOne of those items on my mental list of images to capture is the emergence of newborn mantises from their egg sac. I’ve gotten recently hatched nymphs a couple of times, but none ever emerging. On spotting an egg sac near the pond in the park close by a few days ago, I found [...] April 15th, 2013 | Tags: Chinese mantis, Eastern Yellowjacket, Muscidae, pale green assassin bug, Tenodera aridifolia sinensis, Vespula maculifrons, Zelus luridus | Category: Nature, Photography |
Leave a commentYou might remember the above image from a post earlier this year. It came from April, when several newly-hatched praying mantises, probably Chinese mantises (Tenodera aridifolia sinensis) were found to be inhabiting the azalea bushes that flanked our porch. I was, of course, delighted, because interesting subjects that are easy to find and convenient [...] Just in case you were wondering what might have become of my Rubenesque models from this post, they’re still around, living happily (I’m assuming) in the azalea bushes out front – I make it a point to see if I can find them daily. The number I can spot varies; at least one is [...] |
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