Insects Dragonfly dinner - Warning - Not for the squeamish

[Unframed Dave]

Something I've never seen before. At first, I thought they were mating, a little smooch before the main course, but no, the lighter coloured one was the main course.

When you play the images back in reverse at 30fps, it's morbidly fascinating.

• ILCE-1
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 800

• ILCE-1
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 500

• ILCE-1
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 500

• ILCE-1
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 500

• ILCE-1
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 500

 

[Chris 3754]

When our world turns into a wasteland from our human excess, don't scientists predict we'll be eating insects too