Ali Ghazizadeh

Mystery in Pink

From Petal Perfect · one of 3 works

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Mystery in Pink — Petal Perfect

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Even the orchids seem fooled. This is an orchid mantis, a predator built entirely out of borrowed petals. Its ghostly pink-and-white face fills the frame first, all folded planes and trembling antennae, then a single raptorial leg unfurls into something that looks exactly like a flower petal, veins and all. Pull back, and the trick clicks into place: perched among real pink orchid blooms, the mantis all but disappears into its own disguise.

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