Saturday, May 26, 2012

How did that get in the house?!?!

I have been starving a bronchitis infection for 4 days, and not sleeping well to rise this morning very early and discovered this in the kitchen...............What???? It was 6" long. It was huge. I have seen lots of these insects, but never one  this large.

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  1. Is that a Mantid? They are great for eating all the "bad" bugs in your garden.

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  2. I carefully grabbed it up with plastic tongs and put it outside. It is called a Walking Stick. It was the biggest thing I ever seen.

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  3. Walking Sticks have always fascinated me... but I have never seen one that large!

    I guess it was a little confused. He doesn't seem to blend in too well on a roll of paper towels. :)

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  4. I was amazed at the size. I looked it up, and supposedly a Walking Stick can get to 13" in length. I put it back outside where it belonged and hopefully it is eating whatever they eat. .....just not in my kitchen!

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