A mantis holds a grasshopper with its front legs while devouring it.
One photo shows an injury to the left eye that may have been inflicted by one of its prey while defending itself... Such injuries seem to be common.
iPhone 15 Pro main camera + the lens of binoculars used as reading glasses for close focusing.
Late january in Valencia.
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Una mantis sujeta con sus garras a un saltamontes mientras lo devora.
En una foto se ve una lesión en el ojo izquierdo que puede haberle hecho una de sus presas al defenderse… Estas lesiones parecen habituales.
Eine Gottesanbeterin hält einen Grashüpfer mit ihren Fangbeinen fest, während sie ihn verschlingt.
Auf einem Foto ist eine Verletzung am linken Auge zu sehen, die möglicherweise von einem ihrer Beutetiere zugefügt wurde, als sie sich verteidigte. Solche Verletzungen scheinen häufig zu sein.
The great green grasshopper, with a length of more than 5 cm, is one of the largest grasshoppers and insects in Denmark. If you cycle through the Danish landscape in late summer (in the eastern part of the country), you can often hear its powerful voice among the vegetation along the roads. Individuals in western Jutland sing differently from those in the rest of Denmark. #photonature#grasshopper#denmark#hals
Camouflage is all about the right place at the right time. The mystery is how does our vision learn to overcome some cues (like color and pattern) to focus on others (like symmetry and silhouette) to overcome the confusion effect and detect the animal.
Pictures from my walk today. Took the 100-400mm zoom lens with me (a lorge honker of a lens). So, a lot of closeups and smaller birds, or things far away.
"...[Ava Jones Weaver's mother, Elizabeth] said: “Her absolute favourite thing to do... is looking for #Bugs, and she constantly brings me pots with different bugs in...
"...But once she opened her hand, I saw the most beautiful pink grasshopper. She was so excited that she had found it...."
Some photos from my short hike on Monday morning in Kavala. Very nice weather, lots of small animals and flowers. Was definitely worth it.
Featuring: a honeybee full of pollen diving inside a prickly pear cactus flower, a panoramic view of Kavala from above with the island Thassos in the background, a cirl bunting sitting in a tree and a Greek tortoise in the middle of the path that was unfortunately afraid of my steps.
Featuring: a very colorful, green-yellow-red bush cricket on some pink rock rose branches, a brown-grey grasshopper sitting on rocks, a jewel beetle sitting on a wall, and a orange spotted fritillary butterfly sitting on a rock covered with lichen.