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Eliza Waters 
What an amazing capture, Eliza. Well done.
Thank you, Monika. Kind of a fun shot that I wanted to share.
Haha, that is brilliant Eliza. The face on the back of its head is indeed like a surprised fairy. Great picture kind lady 🤗❤️🙏
Thanks, Mark
It looks like a face of surprise!
Doesn’t it? 😀 Thanks, Dale.
Yes!
Such timing and angle. Wow!
Thanks, Rupali. Tough capture as my phone had trouble focusing and it was moving away, but this take was amusing.
Hi Eliza. Well if that’s not weird I don’t know what is!! Looks like it’s face is on the back of it’s head.
MJ
Nature is full of fun surprises!
Wow, what a fabulous capture Eliza! 💖🧚♀️ xxx
Thank you, Xenia. When I looked at this take, it made me think of a little fairy shocked to be caught by a human. 😉
WOW! She does indeed look like a fleeing fairy! Great photo Eliza!
😀 Thanks, Maria. I couldn’t resist that title. 😉
I was so taken by the design on its abdomen (or wing covers?) I nearly missed the face. It looks as though it might have been saying to the photographer, “Don’t shoot!” I’m glad you did!
🙂 It was a fun catch. Thanks, Linda.
Oh my, what a cute creature with that funny little face! Thanks for showing me something new.
Thanks, I saw it eat a crumb on the deck, which made a nice breakfast for it, took its picture before lifting to the railing where it flew away, its wings looking like a mini-praying mantis. Fun stuff!
Not having heard of this species, I looked it up. According to BugGuide, it has “reddish-brown head and foreparts, usually fading to pale yellowish toward rear. Female has two elongated blackish spots on tegmen (forewings). Hind tibiae do not have spines. Basal segment of antenna has a blunt tooth on the outer side.”
Thanks, Steve.
A good fairy, I hope. A little bit of summer magic. Great capture, Eliza!
Thanks, Barbara… a bit of fun. 😉
OMG that face! I will keep my glasses off while strolling in the rain 🙂
🙂 Thanks, Eunice!
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🙂 Thanks, C!
Adorable…..and the insect probably doesn’t know it.
IKR? I thought it quite a funny capture.
I love your title!
Hehe, thanks, Anne. I just had to share it. 😉
Ha! Viewed from overhead, it does look like a damsel in distress!
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Doesn’t she look surprised, hehe!
Nicely captured, Eliza! Talk about the “deer in headlights” expression!
Ha, thanks, Debbie! The looming human must have been very scary! 😀
I have never seen one. Very interesting color.
Thank you, it was a curious visitor.
A rare capture! An insect that’s more often heard than seen. The last time I saw one it was browsing on tansy, a number of years back.
Thanks, Tom. I had a faint idea what it was, but figured its ID out thanks to Bugguide.net
I know a photographer who published sound recordings of crickets a few years back. I started paying more attention to them and noticing them sometimes. There’s a nice book about crickets and katydids you might find at a library: Vincent Dethier: Crickets and Katydids, Concerts and Solos.
I sometimes listen to cricket, katydid and bird recordings in the depths of winter. Always a mood lifter!
Very cool, great shot!!😎
Thanks much! 😀
Definitely magical with a touch of melodrama!
Thank you, Carol. ‘The Perils of Pauline’ 😀
Looks huge!
Maybe an 1-2″ long, so not so big. One of those familiar night sounds, but the caller is seldom seen.
Never seen one before, but I have not been looking. Thanks to your photo I may be able to look for or identify one.
Thank you, Hien. I guess they are pretty common. I know I’ve heard them, but don’t remember seeing one.
Run, Fairy, run!
Haha, yes! 🧚🏻
Nature is amazing! Well captured! Linda xx
Thank you, Linda!
So welcome!! xx
Nice! A new variety to me.
Thank you, quite fun!
Beautiful photo 🤩
Thank you
What a great shot! Weird and wonderful! LOL!
🙂 Thank you, Cathy. It was a humorous catch. 🙂
Brilliant!!! 😀
🙂 Thank you!
Nature is amazing!
I agree! 🙂