Coiling back in the Proboscis

[Prajwal J Ullal]

ID: Grass demon.

Spotted this beauty getting set for a morning Sunbath(sun basking), to warm itself up, at the same time it seemed to be extending the proboscis and later coiling it back in, while doing the sun basking. Though a stone seemed to be intruding the frame, preferred capturing the frame at that moment first and trying to carefully remove the stone. This eventually resulted in the flying off of the beautiful demon.

EXIF:
Canon 550D
Canon 100mm macro
F/13
Shutterspeed 1/160
ISO 400
Ground rested, External flash fired

Location: Nagla trail

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice you could observe and capture this behaviour. I too was feeling it would have been good to avoid the stone on the right, but getting an image first is important . Nicely captured. Thanks for sharing.