Mabel’s mother had warned her to stay in the middle of the leaf, not to stray towards the edges, but being Mabel, who created her own adventures, she had gone exploring. Now, her life literally hanging by a thread, she wished she had listened.
But…what strange, giant creature is this that’s come to rescue her?
Torpedo Bug, suburban bushland, Sydney, Australia. 1/60, f7.1, ISO 200, flash, handheld single shot
Jethro had enjoyed his dream sleep, comfily suspended upside-down by a silk thread throughout the starlit night. But now, out hunting his breakfast, he was on alert for the dumb, fluffy cat who frequented his patch of garden.
Fluffy-bum, as her Human called her, was hardly cunning enough to intentionally stalk him, but in an undiscerning act of curiosity, she might smack him into oblivion with a giant paw.
Just as well he has eyes in the back, front, and sides of his head…
Jumping Spider in my garden, Sydney, Australia. 1/100, f7.1, ISO 200, flash, handheld
Imelda, grumpy at discovering just that morning that only the male of her species grew wings, had a tussle with her dreadlocks iron. Now she was on her way to a plant sap festival, her hair a hot mess.
Cotton Mealy Bug, Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Australia. 1/50, f5.6, ISO 200, flash, handheld,
Horace did not see the Human at first. He was too busy trying to extricate himself from the web of an orb-weaving spider in the silver spruce on the driveway.
But now they clocked one another…
Australian Stick Mantis, in my garden in Sydney, Australia. 1/25, f3.2, ISO 100, ambient light, handheld,
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