When Nature Pays A Visit

What will you do when nature pays a visit, with guests like praying mantis and Attacus Atlas? Take the forsaken camera and snap the lens out of it.Unbelievably I was bewildered by this sudden visit from these critters which is rather amusingly weird. I mean I'm staying in an apartment which is basically located in a rather developed area, so this uncanny approach from nature’s guest is awesome.


Introducing……



Prying mantis..

I was busy with my revisions, I had this sudden urge of feeling that I was stalked. To my surprise, this Martian-like-creature was actually sunbathing under my room’s lamp. Without any hesitation I decided to 'paparazzi' it..


To my astonishment, this mantis is an amazing model! I should have paid him a free meal of other insects of course.. Sadly he flew away, with his image memories safely captured in time. I addressed it as a 'he' because adult male mantises are thinner in size compared to the female ones. And mantises are famous for their cannibalism-mating ritual, where the dude mantis will always be devoured by the opposite sex. GOSH. Seriously after my paparazzi encounter with him, I would say mantises are mesmerizing creatures. He looked directly into my eyes. At one moment I felt as though he is looking through my soul… Till then mantis dude….


Attacus Atlas… Sounds familir, I'm sure not.. Winks

Now this is what I call Attacus Atlas. It's a simple derivation of a giant moth or the atlas moth. I was frigging mesmerised by the sight of this giant beauty, that I failed to snap pics to compare the size of my hand to that of the moth. Its gargantuan people. Personally this is my second encounter, the 1st was back in a jungle in 1999. It's a rare sight to actually see this massive 25-30 cm airbus moth in a city area.

This moth is famous for its map-like wing patterns. In Hong Kong the Cantonese name for Attacus Atlas translates as "snake's head moth", referring to apical extension of the forewing, which bears a passing resemblance to a snake's head, and if u realised it's friggin furry. What i have rounded from this creatures is that, we have actually failed to realise the beauty of mother nature's creations. I'm greatly honoured in a strange way that we have still have the privilege to encounter with this miracles of life. Do check out its unique antenna.