Guess what has been hanging around at my house this last week? As you can see it is a Walking Stick. Biologists call it Phasmatodea (sort of like a phantom) because it is almost invisible unless you find it on a screen or a board or something. it would be almost impossible to spot if it were on a branch because it looks like a stick.
I wonder if he is around now because the House Wrens are gone; our House Wrens had their babies and left. House Wrens eat bugs, grubs, worms and slugs. This walking stick obviously survived.
Another stick type bug is a Praying Mantis. This Mantis was hanging on the outside wall of a motel in a different state. He was out sunning himself and enjoying the morning on the sunny wall of the motel unaware that birds were flying around him looking for breakfast. If I noticed him there I suspect that a Grackle, Sparrow, or a Wren noticed him there also.
Would you like Syrup with that bug?
Guess what has been hanging around at my house this last week? As you can see it is a Walking Stick. Biologists call it Phasmatodea (sort of like a phantom) because it is almost invisible unless you find it on a screen or a board or something. it would be almost impossible to spot if it were on a branch because it looks like a stick.
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