Praying Mantis

Moments with a Praying Mantis

Praying mantis is a ruthless and powerful predator of the natural world. It has the aptitude, the attitude and all the implements needed to be very successful at that. For a highly driven Praying mantis, no prey is out of bounds. It is quite capable of bringing down prey much bigger in size than itself. Mantises have been known to hunt reptiles like lizards, geckos and also some small birds. I have so much admiration for this creature....

November 19, 2021 · 3 min · Santhosh Krishnamoorthy
Bottle nosed dolphin

Hooded Grasshopper

Hooded grasshoppers ( Teratodes ) are a genus of grasshoppers that are native to India and Sri Lanka. The striking characteristic of this insect is its wonderful armour-like structure, that stretches over most part of its dorsal side. This structure looks like a large, sharp hood, thus the common name, hooded grasshopper. The hood also has a serrated-looking, yellowish-orange edge, giving the grasshopper an appearance of a leaf, helping it camouflage very well in the thick undergrowth....

October 23, 2021 · 1 min · Santhosh Krishnamoorthy

VIDEO - Natural World - Green Lynx Spider

Green lynx spider - A beautiful, large spider with an amazing name and amazing parental care instincts. As always, feedback much appreciated. Feel free to LIKE, COMMENT & SHARE :-) .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Please do subscribe here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVzhGgC4yjTN9mCGlbz-RgA to keep updated on more such videos....

July 4, 2020 · 1 min · Santhosh Krishnamoorthy

VIDEO - Natural world - Jumping spiders - Part II

Here’s the Part II of the 2-part episode on the amazing Jumping spiders. Learn about the amazing material synonymous with the spiders, the SILK, the variety of ways Jumping spiders use the silk, their brilliant hunting behaviours and more.

June 5, 2020 · 1 min · Santhosh Krishnamoorthy

VIDEO - Natural World - Whirligig beetles

Do you know of an insect that uses SONAR ?? - Learn more about another amazing treasure of the Natural World - the Whirligig beetles on this episode of my youtube channel “FramesOfNature” .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }

May 29, 2020 · 1 min · Santhosh Krishnamoorthy