BecOct 9

The mantises hatched 🥰

#ThingsILove #insects #PrayingMantis

Show threadBec

I was just outside watering the garden in the dark and when I came inside, I started talking to Kid2 who was near the front door and then we both heard a big flap behind us. I thought it was a moth but then Kid2 spotted it on the door – a praying mantis!

I asked if it would like to go back outside and it said (I assume, if the waving of the forelegs were anything to go by) yes please, so we did. I wonder if it was one of the babies we put outside last spring?! I kind of hope it was 🥰

#nature #PrayingMantis #bug #garden

Feb 25 at 12:52pmWeb
Show threadHeather EvansFeb 25
@teadrinker
Oh cute & quite small. Lucky you getting this visitor.
Show threadBecFeb 25
@feather1952 So lucky! I would say they're my favourite bug but can you really have a favourite?!
Show threadHeather EvansFeb 26
@teadrinker
Yeah I quite like bugs myself & I do admit to having a few favourites & some I’d happily do without 😬.
Show threadBecFeb 26
@feather1952 Yeah, I should clarify that I'm not exactly comfortable with having them in the house. Love bugs as long as we can live in separate spaces (spiders excepted, happy to share with them)
Show threadHeather EvansFeb 26
@teadrinker
Oh I don’t want them in the house either & don’t want spiders inside either, they aren’t bugs 🐜 🐛, they’re aliens 👾😂.
Show threadBecFeb 26
@feather1952 Hahaha, I understand the sentiment! But I still love them (the bitey ones do have to live outside, though -- we just collect them and pop them back in the weeds far from the house)
Show threadRaymondPierreL3Feb 26
@feather1952 @teadrinker
Same, same… while I am conscious of other lifeforms and their right to live, I am sure they wouldn’t like me to mess around in their nests, right?
Show threadHeather EvansFeb 26
@RaymondPierreL3 @teadrinker
Yeah, that’s right - we don’t invade their homes 😂.
Show threadBecFeb 26
@feather1952 @RaymondPierreL3 Plot twist... it's all the one home 😅
Show threadRaymondPierreL3Feb 26

@teadrinker
Look, I get what you are saying and it’s totally logical. In fact I am of the same mind, ideally. Except where my nest is concerned about all forms of life (including crims and home invasions) 😂😂

@feather1952

Show threadBecFeb 26

@RaymondPierreL3 Yeah, I fully empathise! There's only so many creatures I'm happy to share my spot with

@feather1952