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  1. “If I stay very very still, she won’t see me” - noticed on my clothesline after watering first thing this morning, she’s a beauty.
    Good morning everyone. Another hot one today, 35c forecast - I’m a little bit over it. The only saving grace for is that the nights are relatively cool, I leave the sliding door to the back open & the breezes come in to assist my ceiling fan, so sleeping is pretty good. Still, I’m ready for autumn. #AussieSummer #PrayingMantis #Bugs

  2. Insects TOOB (Safari Ltd.)

    I have recently reacquired the Safari Ltd. Insects TOOB and thought I would showcase it for the Blog. There have been at least three (maybe more) iterations of this TOOB over the years, with I believe the first version coming out in 2004. At some point (I don’t know what year) Safari also released a glow-in-the-dark version of the TOOB. I originally had an earlier version of this TOOB (see […]

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    Read more... https://animaltoyforum.com/blog/insects-toob-safari-ltd/

    #Bombus #commonMorpho #houseFly #Mantis #MantisReligiosa #Morpho #MorphoPeleides #Musca #MuscaDomestica #prayingMantis #scarletLeafwing #Scolopendra #Siderone #SideroneGalanthis #Tenodera #SafariLtd_

  3. ### Massive explosion was reported from #Kakhovka, #Ukraine


    Embedded within a clear piece of amber, a small praying mantis sits at attention, frozen forever in time.

    The piece, which measures just slightly over one inch tall, was sold via Heritage Auctions for $6,000 in 2016.

    The pristine piece of amber, which comes from the Dominican Republic, gives a rare view of this incredible mantis.

    The amber itself derives from the extinct Hymenaea protera, a prehistoric leguminous tree. Most amber found in Central and #SouthAmerica comes from its resin.

    #Amber from the #DominicanRepublic is known as Dominican resin, which is noted for its clarity and a high number of inclusions.

    Heritage Auctions dates the piece in question to the Oligocene period, placing it anywhere from about 23 million to 33.9 million years old.

    It’s an important period of time where the archaic Eocene transitions into more modern ecosystems of the Miocene period, which lasted until 5 million years ago. Incredibly, the mantis itself doesn’t appear so different from what we see today.

    There are over 2,400 species of mantises today, mainly living in tropical climates. But the earliest mantis fossils, which date back 135 million years, come from a place that is, today, much colder—#Siberia.

    Some early fossils even show mantises with spines on their front legs, just like modern mantises. Whoever bought this piece of amber took home an interesting piece of evolutionary #history, one that can be gazed at each day.
    #Archeology #Nature #Fosil #prayingmantis
    archaeologyworldnews.com/30-mi…

  4. S'up?

    * Wish I had steadier hands and a better camera for shots like these.

    #CoolBugs
    #PrayingMantis
    #Wildlife

  5. I was just outside watering the garden in the dark and when I came inside, I started talking to Kid2 who was near the front door and then we both heard a big flap behind us. I thought it was a moth but then Kid2 spotted it on the door – a praying mantis!

    I asked if it would like to go back outside and it said (I assume, if the waving of the forelegs were anything to go by) yes please, so we did. I wonder if it was one of the babies we put outside last spring?! I kind of hope it was 🥰

    #nature #PrayingMantis #bug #garden

  6. I used to be really into insect photography, because macro photography is fun. I took these back in like 2013ish? Maybe fedi will like them.

    The mantis was my pet, and the butterfly was from a "butterfly kit".

    #insects #insect #prayingmantis #butterfly #monarchbutterfly #mantis #bugstodon

  7. Another giant golden orb weaver, there are plenty of it currently on the road side... so you can see a lot of praying mantis egg cases, containing hundreds of eggs... this one attached to a tamarind plant...It is likely from an invasive species such as the Chinese mantis, which are commonly sold commercially for pest control. #spider #prayingmantis

  8. While hiking in #Sedona, AZ, this guy suddenly ran onto the trail and almost got stepped on. We left him safe and alive after taking a few photos.

    #arizona #bug #insect #prayingmantis #blackandwhite #photography

  9. CW: bug (praying mantis)

    Went to rake some fallen sticks off the lawn before the season's final mow and discovered one stick was actually our friendly neighborhood praying mantis. Relocated her to a nearby bush where she could safely judge my yard-working skills.

    #PrayingMantis #Mantis #Insects #NaturePhotography #Photography

  10. anthro tarot: xv - the devil

    the devil card is about our shadow-self, addiction and unhealthy attachments and relationships, mostly by us willingly attaching us to a bad habit/person/whatever against our better judgement.

    micron pens and #watercolors as usual.

    #watercolor #watercolorart #anthro #anthroart #furry #furryart #prayingmantis

  11. Crawlers (Pocket Explorers by Phidal Publishing Inc.)

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    Pocket Explorers is a line of books by put out by Phidal Publishing. They designed for children and are educationally driven. Looking at their website, the themes are Reptiles, Wild Cats, Dinosaurs, Sharks, Polar Animals, Birds of Prey, Bears, and Crawlers, the last of which we will be looking at today. The products come in a box set that contains a […]

    Read more... https://animaltoyforum.com/blog/crawlers-pocket-explorers-by-phidal-publishing-inc/

    #Brachypelma #BrachypelmaSmithi #Mantis #MantisReligiosa #MexicanRedKneeTarantula #prayingMantis #Scolopendra #PhidalPublishing

  12. Met this beauty hanging out beside the front door this afternoon. She's perched above the #StapeliaGigantea succulent which just started blooming and is attracting flies.

    #PrayingMantis #SucculentGarden #BackYardCritters #Insects