It’s time again for another “almost” Wordless Wednesday!!! Yay! Well, let’s get the show on the road, shall we?
Last month hubby and I were out in the yard hanging up our Halloween lights and doing various yard work. While we putting Halloween lights on our bushes near our front door we stumbled upon a Praying Mantis! I think some people call them Katydid.
Here in the state of Pennsylvania it is illegal to kill them and they are a protected species. This is the first time I have seen one up close and personal since I was a young kid. All of these years I have thought they were creepy & gross looking. However, now that I am an adult, I actually think the Praying Mantis is “kind” of cute.
Hubby left him crawl on his hand and arm for a minutes and then we took him and placed him in a different bush that was more secluded. Funny thing is…he wasn’t afraid of hubby at all and acted like a tamed pet or something! I think he/she fell in-love with my old man!
So, what do you think? Is the Katydid creepy or cute to you?
There you have it! Another almost Wordless Wednesday photo and post for this week!
Well, I wouldn’t call them cute but I’m not a bug person. That said, I hate killing most anything, protected or not and will try my hardest to relocate them where they should be. They all have their purpose that’s for sure.
I would say neither creepy or cute ,but a very interesting looking insect
I really don’t like bugs of any kind. I had no idea they were a protected species! Pretty cool!!
Hmm, I had no idea they were a protected species! Now that you mention it, though, I have to admit I don’t see them nearly as often as I did when I was a kid. They are somewhere between creepy & cute, lol.
Oh, I love Praying Mantises! Last summer, I found one on a milkweed when I was looking for Monarch butterfly eggs and caterpillars. Monarch caterpillars are distasteful and toxic from compounds in the milkweed they feed on, so I’m not sure if a Praying Mantis will eat them, but just in case, I moved the Mantis to another plant. Thanks for sharing your photo!
I think they are definitely cute. I am still as fascinated by them as an adult as I was as a kid
Always loved them. My kids thought they looked like the dinosaur of insects. The one you found was probably a female who still needed to lay her eggs. They don’t last long after that.
Katydids are also a big green insect though very different from Preying Mantis.
I think they’re both creepy and cute. And very useful in the garden.
I don’t find them creepy or cute, they are actually one insect that I am able to tolerate, usually I do not like insects. These little guys are helpful so I don’t avoid them like the plague.
I think they are neat. I dont mind any bugs except the ones that eat my garden!
I think they are cute and alien looking.
It is creepy cute! Very helpful critter!
Neither! Just a spectacular critter in nature that is highly specialized