Camouflage That Works

These macro shots were taken a few days ago with a smartphone camera.

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I witnessed a "bloodbath" on the wind-swaying grass. I took a leisurely stride just before that, my hands brushing the grass that had grown to the height of my knees.

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A lot of insects were seen flying around in order to avoid the giant in front of them. It appears that a bush cricket (Tettigoniidae sp.) that was also attempting to evade me landed in the wrong place.

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A jumping spider (Salticidae sp.) was there, which had probably been camouflaging in the grass to watch for prey to perch.

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The bush cricket soon had the dreadful misfortune of being caught by a jumping spider and ended up in the jaws of the little predator.

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Oh, poor thing! Instead of escaping danger, it finds a new threat by becoming the jumping spider's prey. 😔


All of the images here are my own work, taken with Xiaomi POCO NFC smartphone and an assembled external macro lens.



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How did you get that super green in the background? It's so pretty.

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Thanks @prydefoltz. Just a simple tip: when capturing spiders, place colored paper in the background. The paper's colors are especially excellent for capturing close-up macro subjects in low light. Thus, you won't need to make significant edits. 😊

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We appreciate your work and your post has been manually curated by zoology team (oscurity,nelinoeva) on behalf of Amazing Nature Community. Keep up the good work!

AMAZING!!

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Hello @akukamaruzzaman!

nice post thank for sharing!!
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