岐阜の英会話スクール ハローズ|話し始めると未来が輝く。始めよう「Hello!s」で。

岐阜の英会話スクール Hello!s(ハローズ)の講師ブログ

Praying Mantis

Blog|更新日:2020年8月17日/月曜日

The insects in Japan always catch me by surprise. Usually it’s their sheer size that gets me. Today, however, it was spotting a species I recognized but had never seen a version of in person before: a praying mantis.

 

Ginan has all the coolest bugs, apparently, because that’s where I saw her! It was pretty cool, actually.

 

I was walking by a collection of beautiful, tropical flowers when I saw her leap a meter into the air to land next to one of the orange flowers. At first, I thought she was a grasshopper. I’ve seen some massive grasshoppers in Ginan before, after all. But upon closer inspection, I realized she was something much more novel.

 

To those of you who’ve lived in Japan all your lives, seeing a praying mantis in person probably isn’t all that exciting. However, I’m from the Pacific Northwest, land of the tame, tiny insects. The only over-sized menace we have is the slug. So many slugs… But I’ve seen praying mantises on TV and in books all my life. They seem almost magical in media: larger than life predators who will fight any foe. So, imagine my surprise when I realized just how small she actually was. Granted, by Northwest standards, this praying mantis was still certifiably massive; however, relative to the grasshoppers I’ve seen hopping about in Ginan, she’s downright small! Maybe two inches long and very thin. She blends in well with the grasses. Still looked super cool, though. Like an alien predator.

 

Can you spot her? :)

 

DSC_1710

DSC_1710

岐阜の英会話スクール Hello!s(ハローズ)の校舎案内

岐阜本部校

Tel. 058-214-9800

校舎情報を見る

大垣本部校

Tel. 0584-84-3111

校舎情報を見る

岐南校

Tel. 050-3379-3116

校舎情報を見る

GRAN

Tel. 0584-71-8251

校舎情報を見る

RESPECT長良

Tel. 058-233-9315

校舎情報を見る

スイトテラス校

Tel. 0584-84-2121

校舎情報を見る

岐阜の英会話スクール Hello!s(ハローズ)へのお問い合わせ

資料請求・説明会ご予約・各種ご質問など、
お気軽にお問い合わせください。

岐阜の英会話スクール Hello!s(ハローズ)へのお問い合わせ

お問い合わせはこちら

岐阜の英会話スクール Hello!s(ハローズ)のeBook

料金など、より詳しい内容を掲載している入塾案内を、
電子書籍で配信しています。是非こちらもご覧ください。

岐阜の英会話スクール Hello!s(ハローズ)のeBook

入塾案内/電子書籍版はこちら