What looked at first like an oddly shaped shadow on my living room curtain...
...now back in the front yard where she/he belongs!
...now back in the front yard where she/he belongs!
"We interrupt our regularly scheduled blog post...
...for an Insect Update!" Giggle.
Looking out my front window mid-day yesterday...
...I noticed a strange shadow on the lace curtain.
Could it be?
Why, yes! A praying mantis was actually inside my house!
I guess the light brown color was as close as she could get to white. :)
After gently trapping her in a large, lidded container...
...my daughter and I placed her back into the front yard, from whence she came.
Although she wandered off before I could get a photo of her in her new, green camouflage...
...having her 'visit' was an exciting treat on an otherwise dull day!
...for an Insect Update!" Giggle.
Looking out my front window mid-day yesterday...
...I noticed a strange shadow on the lace curtain.
Could it be?
Why, yes! A praying mantis was actually inside my house!
I guess the light brown color was as close as she could get to white. :)
After gently trapping her in a large, lidded container...
...my daughter and I placed her back into the front yard, from whence she came.
Although she wandered off before I could get a photo of her in her new, green camouflage...
...having her 'visit' was an exciting treat on an otherwise dull day!
10 comments:
What a treat! We've had a bat in the house once, but the only insects have been unwelcome rather than entertaining!
Rachel--A bat! Shudder! :)
Nice company ;-). Love, Alexandra
Alexandra--They're sweet, aren't they? (Except that when I looked them up, I found that they are in the same insect family as cockroaches(!) Yikes!!) :)
Lucky you! I haven't even seen a praying mantis since I moved up here to the mountains. Maybe they don't like it here? Always loved them when I was a girl. Every time I would find one, I would put it in the garden, like I do now when I find garden snakes. LOL They are very interesting bugs. I'm glad you took good card of it. :)
Sandie--One time, when I was little, one somehow got on my mom's head while she was wearing curlers!
What a graceful visitor
:D far more exotic than our bugs.. which I don't mind and always liberate safely - though flying daddy-longlegs give me the heebee-geebies and Gary has to rescue those (I shudder at the thought of all those legs falling off at the slightest touch)!
We've had quite a few birds fly into the house.. I remember when a big fat wood pigeon flew straight up the dinning room into the living room and landed 6ft away from our 6 week old litter of puppies.. the race was on to pick him up before they could find out whether he squeeked (happy to say I won :)
xx
Deborah--Hahaha...what an exotic home life you have!! We've had mice and spiders and the occasional 'stink bug', but that's about it. ;)
OK now I GOT to google stink bugs! I have no idea what they are but they sound like they belong on Harry Potter or something :)
x
Deborah--like Harry Potter...I LOVE that!! :)
Here's info about stink bugs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_marmorated_stink_bug
...they are actually very prehistoric and scary-looking (the same way horseshoe crabs are!) Shudder.
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