17 February 2007

wildlife


This is an insect (some kind of cricket?) that spent a week on (the outside of) my kitchen window, munching away on this plant that had grown up from the ground below over Christmas. It's body is about 3 inches long. I could see it breathing! I was very glad that we were separated by glass!
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  1. AnonymousMonday, 19 February, 2007

    Hi Fiona,

    I think it might be a Praying Mantis (or some other kind of mantis!) Of course I dont know what I'm talking about & so might be way off! But I saw some insects in Paraguay that were Mantis' & they stayed still as you described for days on end.
    Sam

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  2. Fiona L CooperTuesday, 20 February, 2007

    Thanks for that, Sam, I'll look it up on the web to find out if you're right!

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