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Jason co-founded Basecamp back in 1999. He also co-authored REWORK, the New York Times bestselling book on running a "right-sized" business. Co-founded, co-authored... Can he do anything on his own?
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Eric
on 28 Jun 08That is so cool
Arthur
on 28 Jun 08Did anyone else think of the movie Adaptation and those shots of flowers who evolve to be paired up with bees?
James Deer
on 28 Jun 08Your pet?
Seth
on 28 Jun 08I bet he gets all the chicks.
judy
on 28 Jun 08Those orchid photos are superb. Can you say what camera and settings and did you edit them in photoshop?
Steve Rose
on 28 Jun 08Marvelous. I’m wondering why a flower would evolve to have an apparent insect predator right in the middle of it. What survival benefit would that provide?
Adam Kalsey
on 28 Jun 08Steve: That’s not a flower that looks like a mantis. It’s an actual mantis inside the flower.
pam
on 28 Jun 08The Orchid Mantis is easily the most well-known and popular mantis pet in the world! They are different colors at different ages. As 1st instar hatchlings, they resemble ants with black bodies and red legs. After they shed their skin one time (2nd instar), they become white. After a few molts (sheds), males gradually gain a brownish-purple “necklace”, while females’ necklaces turn green. Other than that, sexing Orchid Mantises is the same as for all mantids…females have six abdominal segments; males eight.
http://www.bugsincyberspace.com/hymenopus_coronatus.html
Jake
on 29 Jun 08That is fucking amazing.
Josh Lewis!
on 30 Jun 08@Steve Rose, My assumption is that the mantis evolved to hide in the flower, not that the flower evolved to help the mantis.
FredS
on 30 Jun 08In action: http://youtube.com/watch?v=CFM61hNjND4
Ginsky
on 30 Jun 08Incredible protective coloration on that first shot – had a hard time locating the mantis! Awesome shots and my first exposure to this particular variety of mantis.
john
on 30 Jun 08she is beautiful! I love how alien the mantis looks.
Kirsten
on 30 Jun 08Whoa, how incredible! Thanks for the info, Pam; I was wondering if they had chameleon-like qualities or if this one matched that particular orchid so precisely by chance.
Dan Ackerson
on 01 Jul 08Nature’s designs are the ultimate in usability and simplicity. :P
Habeeba Nikhath
on 03 Jul 08At first I thought the flower resembled the mantis. Then in the subsequent picture the mantis was staring back at me, daring me to deny its existence… I had to give in…
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