The Preying Mantis

A juvenile mantis

The mantis nymph

I've noticed that there were plenty of mantis nymphs around our house. But no adults.Maybe they got eaten up by the hatchlings because the mantis is known as a cannibal.And one of those days when I was walking the kidz, I noticed a large mantis at our
neighbour's sugar cane plant.It was frozen still as if something was coming its way.Seeing that it was an opportunity to score some shots, I went back home and grabbed my
camera and an extension tube.The background sucks and lighting too didn't help.Nevertheless, I managed to get some shots of an adult mantis that was eluding me for quite
some time...

A turning point in our lives..

We're gonna spend more time outdoors!

Even the kidz are included in our excursions now..

This will be a year to watch.My wife is going ahead with her business plan and travel to the US at least twice in a year.We scrapped our plans to go to the Blade show 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia and the Usual
Suspect Network Gathering II in Las Vegas due to financial concerns.Initially, we would have done Blade and I proceed to Vegas alone.But a sudden change in business plan had became the biggest upset.Even my knife collection is going to a halt as every single Ringgit and Sen matters.On the brighther side of things, I can concentrate more on local outings and with squid season just around the corner, there's plenty of room for some great outdoors.Other than that, I would also concentrate more on spending quality time with my kidz.We owe them some cool jungle outings.

The Lynx Spider

We have a Lynx spider living on a Jasmine tree planted by Mrs Samo.

I took some photographs of it earlier but it was a boring creature.

Well, not until today when I managed to capture the spider and its meal.

This predator with a voracious appetite for pest insects is actually helping out with the pest control on our plant.