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Praying Mantis insect
sexual cannibalism is common among this species of mantises in captivity. It has sometimes been where about a quarter of male-female encounters result in the male being eaten by the femaleThey have triangular heads with bulging eyes supported on flexible necks. Their elongated bodies may or may not have wings, but all Mantodea have forelegs that are greatly enlarged and adapted for catching and gripping prey; their upright posture, while remaining stationary with forearms folded, has led to the common name praying mantis..
Not sure what this critter is but I spotted him/her on the patio table so got off a few shots with my macro lens before he/she cluttered off
On a short walk from home with my 'new' 2003 Nikkor 105 AFd f/2.8
I am not a close up expert , nor my preferred genre type of images that i like to take. These are not supposed to show every detail of flower or insect, but more to show in their setting habitat.
In flower in May www.flickr.com/photos/123465330@N04/53764790258/
diese mir bis heute unbekannte Spinne saß auf meiner Strohblume - es ist eine Springspinne und sie war erstaunlich schnell
There were several pairs of these Darter dragonflies mating on the pond. At one point a mating pair landed on my knee! I told them to get a hotel (actually I desperately tried to switch lenses before they moved).
The male hooks two spikes into the back of the female's head. They form a "wheel" at first, then they then fly around dipping the female into the water, presumably to lay eggs. I got a few shots of this dipping, but it was too blurry as they do it very fast. I mainly caught them as they came up from a dip and hovered briefly.
I shot this at ISO 1600 but pulled it back two stops in post-processing as it was overexposed.
Canon 40D, 300mm f4 IS, 1.4x converter
f/8, 1/320 sec, ISO 1600 (pulled back to ISO 400)
Female. Reservoir Canyon, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA.
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