Last Saturday as Rick was mowing the yard, he came in to get the camera and beckon me out to look at some insect he had never seen before. On the fence sat this brown with green insect that looked similar to features of a praying mantis. Actually, I have seen one of these at the zoo before. He cocked his head just like he was sizing us up. So I put out my hand expecting him to flee away...nope he proceeds to slowly (very slowly) go to climb on my hand. I immediately changed my mind and withdrew my hand. So what does little Pete do but fly (yes, we now know he flies) to my shoulder. That was a little too close to the hair and I screamed for Rick to get him off. Rick tried to shoo him off but he just hung on my back. Finally, I backed up to the fence and he returned to it. Eventually, flying to the neighbors. I guess we weren't the ideal friends. Later browsing the Internet, we found out he is a Chinese Mantis and actually makes a good pet....although you have to feed him live crickets and other live insects. With all the crickets around right now, he would have made a great pet.
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