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Dennis. Fantastic images! Very sharp and detailed..
Your thoughts are correct, attacking an insect head on is natural instinct for a dragon taking on large prey.. My dragons will attack small/medium sized crickets from whatever angle seems easiest to them at the time, however when tackling a fully grown cricket or cockroach, they will position themselves in such as way as to ensure they will have a head on attack. This is not only to protect them from the hind legs of the prey and to ensure the prey is quickly immobilised, but also because they can see the large hind legs protruding from the rear, and they know that they will not be able to swallow the prey with such a large obstruction... Essentially, they attack the apparent smallest area of the prey, so that they can be sure that they will get their jaw around it..
Great work.. You have to love nature and wildlife!
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