Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina)
A native mantis in a Florida summer Florida, 11 June 2024. A green mantis was doing what mantises do best: absolutely nothing, with total focus. …
Margined Leatherwing Beetle (Chauliognathus marginatus)
A soldier beetle on a June afternoon Pittsburgh, 9 June 2024. I found this one on a warm early-summer afternoon, and it was in no …
Arizona Mantis (Stagmomantis limbata)
A desert mantis that counts its molts On the last day of March, in San Diego, this mantis was already out and about, its pale …
Horned Passalus Beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus)
The bess beetle that talks to its family December in Florida is mild, and the rotting logs on the forest floor are still warm with …
Grizzled Mantis (Gonatista grisea)
A lichen with legs On a lichen-covered tree trunk in Florida, the grey bark seemed to have grown a mantis. The grizzled mantis is a …
陕西屏顶螳 (Phyllothelys shaanxiense)
A unicorn mantis of the Qinling mountains July in the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi, near Foping, is green and buzzing with life. Perched on a …
Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus)
A flower that waits In the forests of Borneo, some flowers are not flowers. This one had legs. The orchid mantis is the most famous …
斑翅委猎蝽 (Velitra melanomeris)
An assassin in the undergrowth February in Hainan is warm and damp, and the undergrowth is full of things that are better left undisturbed. This …