Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.
Praying Mantis Eating a Hummingbird Clearwing Moth. Image taken with a Nikon D700 camera and 28-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/800 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 6, Nik Define, and Photoshop CS5.
Praying Mantis Eating Hummingbird Clearwing Moth. Image taken with a Nikon D700 camera and 28-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/800 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 6, Nik Define, and Photoshop CS5. (David J Mathre)
Author: David Mathre
I am a scientist by training (Eckerd College, BSc; Caltech, Ph.D.). I worked for 27 years as a Chemist in the Pharmaceutical Industry developing processes to manufacture medicines for human and animal health. I now spend my time as a photographer and world traveler. My interests include the natural world, wildlife, landscapes, sky, and seascapes, travel, and astrophotography. I look for unique ways of viewing the world and presenting my images. I have traveled to over 55 countries in six continents, often on Semester at Sea voyages. While at home in New Jersey, I spend time on home renovation and expansion of a wildflower garden/meadow.
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8 thoughts on “Five-Years Ago (19-August-2011) — New Jersey”
Awesome capture David! Praying Mantids are so awesome to watch when they feed as long as you don't feel empathy for the victim! Thanks for sharing with +Buggy Lunch!
+Kim Sinclair Thanks, I love the Clearwing Hummingbird moths, and this time of the year they hover while feeding. This one stayed in one place too long…
+Betty Habesch It is a moth. The hummingbird in the name is because it flaps it wings as fast as a hummingbird. There is a version out west that even sounds like a hummingbird.
Awesome capture David! Praying Mantids are so awesome to watch when they feed as long as you don't feel empathy for the victim!
Thanks for sharing with +Buggy Lunch!
+Kim Sinclair Thanks, I love the Clearwing Hummingbird moths, and this time of the year they hover while feeding. This one stayed in one place too long…
Ah I didn't know that Praying Mantis eat birds, but it's an excellent shot.
+Betty Habesch It is a moth. The hummingbird in the name is because it flaps it wings as fast as a hummingbird. There is a version out west that even sounds like a hummingbird.
Ok thanks for the information +David Mathre, you mentioned it in the introduction but I didn't read the full sentence and my imagination gone wild 🙂
Amazing capture, +David Mathre
Fantastic capture!!!
Cool capture!