I just love them. They’re kind of terrifying, but yeah, I love them. —MN
A Look at Orchid Mantes by Scott Cromwell
In the first three images [found here] Scott Cromwell skillfully captures an “ignorant fruit fly” perched upon a pink Orchid Mantis’ leg before being grabbed up and eaten. In the last image [found here] a white Orchid Mantis is seen trying to intimidate and threaten it’s own recently molted exoskeleton.
The Malaysian Orchid Mantis and its beautiful camouflage
Top image by Alex Hyde
Bottom two images by Francesco Tomasinelli
Shy of butterflies and honey bees, we don’t often get a chance to highlight insects in relation to the botanical world. This reblog seemed a decent opportunity to do so.
I only met a praying mantis once in person. It was causing a scene as it dashed through a New Jersey yard sale, circa 1987. That bug wasn’t nearly this fashionable. —MN
(via theherbarium)
Rosemary (in NYBG pot) and friend
Love you, Mom <3
Happy National Public Gardens Day! A female carpenter bee visiting the pea vines yesterday. She’s California’s largest bee.
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY
This Mother’s Day don’t just go local—go native: Fill your weekend with flowers and garden parties at the city’s botanical...
Be the change you want to see in the world.
-Gandhi
Lovely tree peonies at the NY Botanical Garden
