We've had some unusual visitors this week. While not exactly thrilled to find them heading into our home, Bruce and I did find them quite intriguing.
Bruce first encountered this golf ball size fella wandering across the garage floor. After letting out a rather loud "Eeeek", he mustered enough courage to pick it up with a paper towel and bring the big guy in to show me. We think it is one of the many forms of Rhinoceros Beetles. We turned it loose in the woods.
We found this visitor on the table next to our front door. We are not at all sure what species she is, but she certainly is not going to win any beauty contests. Fortunately she is not nearly as large as the Rhino Beetle or I would be worried about going out of the front door.
Our next visitor was a large green grasshopper ( below) which munched down a stem full of my basil plant in less than 30 seconds.
Then a very angry hummingbird alerted us to a Preying Mantis who had taken up residence "on her feeder"! The humming bird put on quite a threatening display trying to chase the intruder off...all to no avail. The Mantis was not the least bit intimidated.
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| Bruce took this awesome photo with his cell phone. |
I can't say the same thing for Kat. She is't at all sure she likes all the wildlife we are finding in our yard. She's spending more and more time inside. Apparently she would prefer to avoid encountering the neighbors.
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