#it's a huge bummer how overexposed these photos turned out considering how rare the encounter was. curse you september sun

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shortly after meeting an adult Empusa pennata like i've always wanted to, i came across this baby one. it was roughly in the same area as the adult, so she could be its mom for all i know. either way this bodes well for my odds of seeing more in a few months

predictably it despised me and kept leaping away with impressive speed, but it was also pathetically easy to get it back on my hand repeatedly. this was another one of those that are hard to walk away from because i never got tired of looking at it (September 18th, 2024)