If you're my brother Dusty, you know what this is about and you are probably laughing at me :) Still - I think it is cool.
I'll come right out and tell you. Matty is a praying mantis.
I was walking past one of the trees in our house (we have a lot of plants) and I noticed a bug on the wall. I pulled my hand, prepared my swing, and half way through the execution - I stopped. Oh...my...gosh. I almost broke the law. Wait...that doesn't make sense. When I was little we though killing a praying mantis was against the law. Now, as I almost accidentally (ehhhh) killed one, I am realizing that if I had killed it no one would have come in and done and investigation. They wouldn't have given me a huge fine and I surely wouldn't have been carried off in handcuffs. Still...I felt bad.
I did a bit of research and it turns out killing praying mantis isn't against the law. So I did it. Whhhap! Just kidding! The myth about killing a praying mantis probably came about because they are such valuable creatures in a garden. They don't eat any of the good stuff, but eat the bugs that are attacking your plants - similar to lady bugs. (And then I remembered the plague of lady bugs that tried to take over Ohio a few years back.) I only have one praying mantis so it probably won't be a plague...and even if there were two, the female would eat the male so the population wouldn't grow too quickly. I digress....
So Matty is a great sign for our garden, except she isn't in the garden. (My cousin Mitch told me Matty was actually a she.) She is on the solitary pepper plant (next to the tree). The plant itself came from the compost bin, quite by mistake. The peppers are too hot for me to eat, but apparently Matty loves it.
For the past 3 weeks we've been able to find Matty everyday, hanging out (usually upside down) on her pepper plant. Sometime she climbs up to the top of tree. Sometimes she hides. Usually she hides. She is pretty scared of us and didn't much care for the photo shoot (but if it didn't get the pictures you all wouldn't believe me). She also really does not like Roomba (our robot vacuum cleaner).
I don't know how long Matty will stay with us - but for the time being, I'm just going to be happy that our little plant is healthy and sturdy and up to the standards of this little guy....gal. (PS. If you can see the up close photo...she looks a lot like an alien.)
I'll come right out and tell you. Matty is a praying mantis.
I was walking past one of the trees in our house (we have a lot of plants) and I noticed a bug on the wall. I pulled my hand, prepared my swing, and half way through the execution - I stopped. Oh...my...gosh. I almost broke the law. Wait...that doesn't make sense. When I was little we though killing a praying mantis was against the law. Now, as I almost accidentally (ehhhh) killed one, I am realizing that if I had killed it no one would have come in and done and investigation. They wouldn't have given me a huge fine and I surely wouldn't have been carried off in handcuffs. Still...I felt bad.
I did a bit of research and it turns out killing praying mantis isn't against the law. So I did it. Whhhap! Just kidding! The myth about killing a praying mantis probably came about because they are such valuable creatures in a garden. They don't eat any of the good stuff, but eat the bugs that are attacking your plants - similar to lady bugs. (And then I remembered the plague of lady bugs that tried to take over Ohio a few years back.) I only have one praying mantis so it probably won't be a plague...and even if there were two, the female would eat the male so the population wouldn't grow too quickly. I digress....
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| Matty is in the center of this picture. |
So Matty is a great sign for our garden, except she isn't in the garden. (My cousin Mitch told me Matty was actually a she.) She is on the solitary pepper plant (next to the tree). The plant itself came from the compost bin, quite by mistake. The peppers are too hot for me to eat, but apparently Matty loves it.
For the past 3 weeks we've been able to find Matty everyday, hanging out (usually upside down) on her pepper plant. Sometime she climbs up to the top of tree. Sometimes she hides. Usually she hides. She is pretty scared of us and didn't much care for the photo shoot (but if it didn't get the pictures you all wouldn't believe me). She also really does not like Roomba (our robot vacuum cleaner).
I don't know how long Matty will stay with us - but for the time being, I'm just going to be happy that our little plant is healthy and sturdy and up to the standards of this little guy....gal. (PS. If you can see the up close photo...she looks a lot like an alien.)
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