OMG, Killer Bug!

[wraithfodder]

I was coming back from shopping. I bought a little pot of miniature sunflowers (which will spend a lot of time in the kitchen so the squirrels/chipmunks/etc./etc./etc. don't devour it) and was coming up the driveway when suddenly - eek!  the creature bounded onto the dashboard and began beating its arms against the windshield, trying to get out. So I stopped the car and got my camera out.


Cute little fellow!


Then he went to side window. "Let me out!" I could imagine him/her screaming.


Once outside, it was happy. Very happy. It didn't seem to mind me at all. Was fascinated by the camera - kept crawling all over it. I released it on a tree full of leaves where it rapidly just vanished amongst the greenery.



Oh, and here's one sunflower bloom.

And then, I was in the garden weeding (never-ending job) when suddenly, a flurry of sounds like something beating against a bush. Then a young hawk flew off. Think it got a chipmunk, of which we have.... too many. Didn't see any bird feathers (usually a few or more left in an attack) so.... bye bye chippie...

Oh, and saw a doe and a young buck in yard yesterday morning. Beautiful...


In fact, here's a picture of a deer (they all sorta look alike to me, except my 3-legged deer, who I saw last week).

Comments

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

I see those praying mantises regularly...........weird to say the least
Today I went out in the courtyard to do watering, hot today and tomorrow, mid 80s beginning on Tuesday so they say........
and then did some minor gardening....
It is shaded in AM but by afternoon baking......but we are blessed not to be having triple digits like so much of US now

[abracah.livejournal.com]

I was taking the kids at school out the other day and in our staircase that has a huge window there was a tiny praying mantis. It was just hanging on the ledge. We scooped it up on my clipboard and put it outside. The kids were so excited that we rescued it.

[timespirt.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love those bugs. They are so cute and the way they look at you and track where and how you move.

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

BTW the mantis in your third pix looks like he's wearing shaded goggles. .
>;-)

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

Aww, poor little bug, trapped in that big moving thing.

We haven't gotten blooms on our sunflowers, yet, and the things are towering. My sister is getting rather annoyed about it, since they're her flowers.

[eglantine-br.livejournal.com]

I love mantids,but am always just a little too nervous to pick them up. They do watch us with such intelligence, don't they? Cool deer too.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Very cool.