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[21 May 2013 | 6 Comments | ]

The newest mantis in a rush to meet the new world,
unsure if she is predator or prey.
The mantids started emerging yesterday. A busy spring,
500 egrets and thousands of mantis babies.

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Chinese mantis | Tenodera aridifolia sinensis

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[13 May 2013 | 8 Comments | ]

After her shadow went missing, an ant
is stranded between worlds, a slave
to the spell of circles.

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Pavement ant | Tetramorium caespitum

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[9 May 2013 | 10 Comments | ]

A young runaway in a new world, a Dog-day Cicada
wakes the sky from its sleep.

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Dog-day Cicada | Tibicen canicularis

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[6 May 2013 | 14 Comments | ]

Pulling the strings of the night, a Jewel spider
captures angels lost in every dark corner.

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Jewel spider | Gasteracantha cancriformis

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[29 Apr 2013 | 20 Comments | ]

A beacon lights the way to a future summer,
so much music, so much silence.

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Firefly | Lampyridae | Photinus pyralis

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[25 Apr 2013 | 13 Comments | ]

A yellow probe collects the fire of the sun,
leaving behind a bright flash of elegance.

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Honey bee | Apis mellifera

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[22 Apr 2013 | 21 Comments | ]

Newborn mantids escape their womb,
doppelgänger sisters ready to bewitch
an unsuspecting world.

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Chinese mantis | Tenodera aridifolia sinensis

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[15 Apr 2013 | 24 Comments | ]

A star-crossed ant topples angels
from their perch before the universe
breaks up and winks out.

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Eastern black carpenter ant | Camponotus pennsylvanicus

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[11 Apr 2013 | 9 Comments | ]

A confusion of legs eclipse the sinking sun,
obsolete relics in love, burning out the day.

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Crane fly | Tipulidae

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[8 Apr 2013 | 8 Comments | ]

A delinquent fly on the lam blowing bubbles,
exploding the peace, waking the entire garden.