DAILY PHOTO: Praying Mantis on the Gunwale

Taken on the Kameng River crossing to Nameri National Park in Assam

 

Full Disclosure: I know little to nothing about insects. Therefore, it’s possible this bug isn’t in the Praying Mantis family at all. It just had a triangular head with bugged-out eyes and the folded up stabby arms, and I saw some in pics on the internet in which mantises had wings similar to this one.

 

If you know your insects and I’m wrong, please feel free to comment and I will own my mistake and fix it.

DAILY PHOTO: Black & White Butterfly… in Color

Taken in Panjim, Goa on October 9, 2016.

Taken in Panjim, Goa on October 9, 2016.

DAILY PHOTO: African Carpenter Bee on a Flower

Taken in May of 2016 at the Palmwood Lodge in Lusaka

Taken in May of 2016 at the Palmwood Lodge in Lusaka

 

I’m back from travels in Thailand, Zambia, and the UAE with lots of new photos. This is an African species of Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa caffra) hanging from a flower. Lusaka was in full bloom, despite the fact that it’s [southern hemisphere] winter there and the weather was cool.

DAILY PHOTO: How Do He Move All Those Legs?

Taken in October 2012 at Wat Mahathat in Ayutthaya, Thailand.

Taken in October 2012 at Wat Mahathat in Ayutthaya, Thailand.