
20 February × 06:24pm × 206 notesPraying Mantis - Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
Photo and caption by Fred Turck
This beautiful whalbergii evolved through two of it’s nymph-stages on the Barberton Daisy at left, surviving because of it’s bright colour which blended so well with the flower. Towards the end of it’s growth into an adult, it became a little more adventurous (but not much more) as pictured here. Once it had shed the layer in this picture, it bacame a fully-fledged adult, and departed after about two weeks. Total stay in this tiny ecosystem was approximately six weeks2010 National Geographic Photography Contest Galleries
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