There is a sculpture in the yard of a Belgian castle I visited some years ago, representing a beautiful woman, riding a praying mantis.
So far so good.
But beneath the mantis's huge body, there was the figure of a man. With a bitten head.
Now you will say that this is a symbolic sculpture, it represents the games of the subconscious, there is nothing real in it. It's just art.
But still.
And now you'll probably say that my pictures are too similar, don't differ much from each other.
Then I would ask you how could you take much different pictures of this huge exemplar, encountering it in the middle of the night in front of your house? 🙃 I was really afraid to get close to it or to make too many and jerky movements around it.
This year I had the opportunity to observe many mantises up close (as well as many camouflage insects, as is the case here, because this year I saw many green mantises hiding in green bushes, as well as brown ones hiding in fallen withered leaves of autumn trees).
I saw many mantises in the garden - during the day and, as in this case - at night. Including one I found on a footpath on the seashore, just run over by a bicycle. I felt sorry for it. But as I was sorry, so suddenly it rose from the ground and began to move.
And as much as I'm sorry, I can't get rid of that feeling, that memory of that sculpture...😄
What is your attitude to these animals?
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