Pic(k) of the Week: Mantis preying for autumn

Preying,

She hunts.

Prematurely autumnal.

As seen alongside the East Decatur Greenway in the city of Decatur, Georgia, USA, on 22 August 2021. (Autumn does not officially begin for another month, on 22 September.)

The species praying mantis (Mantodea), like the cockroach, has existed since the Cretaceous period, 145 million years ago. It probably will continue thus for hundreds of millions more. Unlike us.

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• Photographer's note:
  I got 'close' with a telephoto lens...and even closer, after the fact, with a 'letterbox' crop.


• Pic(k) of the Week: one in a weekly series of images posted on Saturdays, occasionally, but not always (as is the case today), with a good fermentable as the subject.
• Photo 36 of 52, for year 2021. See it at Flickr: here.
• Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II.
  • Lens: Lumix G Vario 100-300/F4.0-5.6
  • Settings: 205 mm | 1/125 | ISO 200 | ƒ/5.0
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