When you think you are being overlooked, it can feel like you are invisible… and depending on circumstance, it sucks to be invisible… but if you are a bug or insect, it pays to be invisible, especially when there are predators around.
Spiny Bark Mantis (Gyromantis sp), Alice Springs Desert Park NTGenus Lepidiota Beetle (family Scarabaeidae), Alice Springs NTLiris (Wasp), family Crabronidae, Alice Springs NTYeperenye / Yipirinya Caterpillar, Alice Springs NTGarden Mantis (Orthodera ministralis), Alice Springs NTElephantodeta (genus), Phaneropterinae (subfamily), Alice Springs Desert Park NTGenus Peucetia (Green Lynx Spider), Alice Springs Desert Park NTStriped Orb Weaver (Neoscona sp), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NTStriped Orb Weaver (Neoscona sp), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NTLynx Spider (Oxyopes sp) on Kangaroo Grass (Themeda triandra), Alice Springs NTHogna crispipes, Alice Springs NTWrap-around Spider (Dolophones sp), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
But sometimes, you will stand out… you just have to pick the right wall…
Pataeta carbo (Moth), Alice Springs NTCalosoma oceanicum (Ground Beetle), Alice Springs NTMacrotona Grasshopper (genus), Alice Springs NTLawson’s Night Moth (Eudesmeola lawsoni), Alice Springs NT
and just like that… as you skate across the surface of the pool really quick, you will really stand out. If you are lucky, a kind person will relocate you to a fish pond.
That’s Life…
Elegant Water Spider (Dolomedes facetus) in a swimming pool, Alice Springs NTElegant Water Spider (Dolomedes facetus) in a fish pond, Alice Springs NTElegant Water Spider (Dolomedes facetus) in a fish pond, Alice Springs NT
