Musonia remota
A mantis most people would walk straight past On Christmas Eve 2024 I was out in the Dominican Republic when a praying mantis caught my …
Sinea confusa
A patient hunter with spiny legs On Christmas Eve in the Dominican Republic, a small, angular insect was sitting on a plant stem near the …
Musonia remota
A stick-thin mantis of the Caribbean On December 24 in the Dominican Republic, a mantis was stretched along a twig, so long and thin that …
Broad-tipped Conehead (Neoconocephalus triops)
A conehead with a night job Christmas Eve in the Dominican Republic, and the daylight insects had all found their hiding places. On a leafy …
Antillean Mantis (Isomantis domingensis)
A green mantis from the land of Santo Domingo Christmas Eve in the Dominican Republic delivered a second mantis before lunch. This one was green, …
Acanthocerus cruciger
A thorn-armored bug on a warm Caribbean evening It was late December in the Dominican Republic, and the dry-season warmth had brought the true bugs …
Hispaniolan Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia churchi)
A zebra-striped butterfly drifting through the dry-season garden In late December the Dominican Republic was warm and dry, and this butterfly drifted through the garden …
Zeugomantispa minuta
A tiny mantis that turned out to be a lacewing in disguise On a September afternoon in Pittsburgh, this small insect sat on the surface …
红目天蚕蛾 (Antheraea formosana)
A giant silk moth fresh from the monsoon dark Late one August night in Medog, this moth came to the light and instantly silenced the …