The dogs just decided they wanted to take a run outside. I flipped on the outside light, since it is, after all, the first day of autumn and it’s freaking DARK WAY TOO EARLY!!!! I will be happy when the cool weather arrives, but I hate that the days are getting shorter.
I spied this little gal on the ladder leaning against the deck rail. I decided she needed to have her picture taken.
beautiful praying mantis
As you will see, she had other ideas.
who you lookin' at?
I love praying mantids. They’re so fearless. Here was this big black thing coming at her and did she run?
Who are you?
No, she did not run. She came right over to check it out. No wonder I couldn’t focus on her.
Hey! Get off the lens!
Did you not hear me?
Wonder if my camera tastes good?
Clearly our photo session was over. I took her to some flowers and told her to go eat bad bugs.
Way cool!
This is just too cool – I am with you, the Praying Mantis is the coolest bug of all bugs out there! And by the way, these shots are AWESOME – I want that first one framed or as a background for my computer!
Could it be the one that followed me to your house last week? They are very interesting critters.
I feel a children’s book coming on…..?
Great photos! In the past few days, we have had six or seven of them at a time that have discovered that there are things to eat around our porch light.