Author Archives: Janina Pedan

Janina Pedan is an artist, writer and amateur mineralogist based in London.

The Praying Mantis

After reading an interesting essay last year about the Praying Mantis by the surrealist writer Roger Caillois, I decided to keep a couple of these insects as pets. The mantis, which can grow as big as six inches and mostly lives in warmer climates, adapts easily to a domestic environment and is often incorrectly confused [...]