Love is blossoming all over my yard it seems !
By Flcrazy
- 29 Aug, 2008
- 31 likes
I feel like the Discovery channel...lol, And No, I didn't hang around to see if she ate his head afterwards...lol. I read that only happens rarely in the wild, 4 out of 5 times the male gets away. Besides, I think they average mating for at least six hours, sometimes up to 24 hours, and I have too much to do around here to invest that kind of time....lol.
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Great photo! I'm curious - what kind of camera do you have?
29 Aug, 2008
I have a Canon Power Shot S3 IS. It is the best Christmas present my huband's given me in a long time, I love it !
29 Aug, 2008
Stunning Pic FL :)
29 Aug, 2008
brilliant photo
29 Aug, 2008
If I was a wildlife producer I would employ you as my number1 photographer,! what patience you have fabulous.
29 Aug, 2008
Truely amazing!
30 Aug, 2008
Great photo - it would win a prize in any competition!
30 Aug, 2008
Thanks everyone ! It was certainly a case of being in the right place..., this is the first time, out of all my years of gardening that I have run across this ritual myself, and I felt privileged to witness this little miracle of life and thrilled to be able to get it on film.
31 Aug, 2008
Just amazing.
1 Sep, 2008
Great photo, Flcrazy!
4 Sep, 2008
i thought they were giving a piggy back ride-----lol
great pic you should do some professional pics youd make a fortune :)
4 Sep, 2008
discovery chanel! lol.. I love it! it's really a great picture...
5 Sep, 2008
good picture, i like it.sonny
5 Sep, 2008
I love having them climb all over me. I found a caccoon, and hoped to get a butterfly, instead I got 50 baby praying mantis'. I had them climbing all up and down my arm. They eventually died because my mother put water in their jar.
6 Sep, 2008
Awesome photo Flcrazy. You have to admire their stamina!
30 Jun, 2012
Very cool pic Flcrazy. I'm pretty sure the male dies shortly after mating anyway so it doesn't matter really if she eats him or not.
20 Jan, 2014
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