Critters

14 Responses to Critters

1. Carolina Geo says:

   27 October 2011 at 5:40 AM

   Praying mantis, huh? Lex orandi, lex credendi. :-)
2. Faith says:

   27 October 2011 at 6:12 AM

   too ugly! ugh.
3. Maltese says:

   27 October 2011 at 7:01 AM

   I’m not a huge praying mantis fan, since they eat my favorite bird, the hummingbird :) And assorted other bugs and animals; they will eat pretty much anything, but at least they pray beforehand!
4. Supertradmum says:

   27 October 2011 at 7:25 AM

   I love these insects. They are so cool. However, as you know, the female kills the male after mating by cutting off his head.That is not always a truism, as research has shown,but common. I think the one in the photo is particularly handsome, as praying mantises go. And, the real name is praying, not preying…
5. ReginaMarie says:

   27 October 2011 at 7:33 AM

   Over at Holy Souls Hermitage…a praying mantis praying matins.
   Bad joke, sorry, I couldn’t pass it up. ;o)
6. Random Friar says:

   27 October 2011 at 9:01 AM

   That’s a beautiful shot. For all things bright and beautiful, for creatures great and small, indeed.
7. tealady24 says:

   27 October 2011 at 9:35 AM

   A few weeks ago, a lovely dragonfly alighted on my hand, and stayed for about 10 seconds before fluttering away. The bronze and greens and blues of these creatures are just stunning! God’s nature cannot be duplicated!
8. irishgirl says:

   27 October 2011 at 10:35 AM

   Wow, that’s quite a critter!
   Don’t like bugs very much, aside from ladybirds and butterflies.
   How did it stay still for the photo?
   Oh, yes, the ‘Mulier Fortis’ kitties, Miaowrini and Furretti….they’re quite the little prey hunters, that’s for sure!
9. Brad says:

   27 October 2011 at 11:58 AM

   I love praying mantises and I have always felt a strange sympathy for and with them. They seem so aware and self-aware, for not only a beast, but an insect. I always try to rescue them. Blessed be God in the beauty of his creation. Even the beasts don’t sin, as we do.
10. Maltese says:

    27 October 2011 at 3:27 PM

    OK, I admit it, I do kind of like the mantis, but the makes me queasy; I don’t know what her mates would find so alluring about her lure!
11. Maltese says:

    27 October 2011 at 3:28 PM

    “blackdevil angler fish” is the link, that is…
12. Maltese says:

    27 October 2011 at 7:22 PM

    In the bug world, don’t mess with a praying mantis unless you are a wasp!
13. Denita says:

    27 October 2011 at 9:15 PM

    Years ago, while I was waiting on a bus, a yellow butterfly landed on my grocery sack. That left me with a good feeling I wish had stayed with me.
14. Mulier Fortis says:

    29 October 2011 at 9:46 AM

    Hmmmmm… I think Monsignors Furretti and Miaowrini would have fun with a praying mantis – they dismembered the last stag beetle when it nipped Furretti once too often, and I suspect that the praying mantis would meet the same fate…

    Thanks for the link, Fr. Z!

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