Aliens among us
Working in my garden, I became aware of slight movement to my right.....and a sense of 'being watched'.
Sure enough, perched there in the golden foliage of my Swane's cypress was a lovely praying mantis making its rounds, on the look out for its next meal. However, it had been distracted by my activity and we hung out together for a short while.
What is of interest to me here is that this is the first time I have photographed a praying mantis and not seen the pseudo-pupil black dot on each eye. To me this gives the impression of being even more alien-like.
Pseudomantis albofimbriata 70 mm body length
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Aliens among us
Working in my garden, I became aware of slight movement to my right.....and a sense of 'being watched'.
Sure enough, perched there in the golden foliage of my Swane's cypress was a lovely praying mantis making its rounds, on the look out for its next meal. However, it had been distracted by my activity and we hung out together for a short while.
What is of interest to me here is that this is the first time I have photographed a praying mantis and not seen the pseudo-pupil black dot on each eye. To me this gives the impression of being even more alien-like.
Pseudomantis albofimbriata 70 mm body length
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