the female praying mantis is known for devouring the male’s head during mating, the fact is that this cannibalism occurs only rarely and only among a few species.
Tag: insects
Butterflies
The Red-Spotted Purple
Garden Spiders
These spiders produce venom that is harmless to humans
Cicadas
Nothing says summer more then hearing the screams of Cicadas on a hot muggy night combined with the twinkle lights of fireflies all around.
A Bugs Life
Sometimes you’re the bug and other times you’re the windshield
Regal Jumping Spider
Just having a little snack on the railing. mmmm fly juice is the best
Weaver Ants
they carry the larvae along the entire length of the leaf edges, squeezing as they go, using the larvae like living bottles of glue, until the edges of the leaves are stuck together from end to end
Beautiful Growth
As life sustains, while we hardly notice, it is busy writing a beautiful story of its growth
Written by Hand
The great wind from wings that she grew, caught in my heart as our fingers withdrew.
BFFs
The Busy Bee and Changing Caterpillar. BFFs
Noellie's Place 