Bug questions

[luckies4me]

Insects make one of the best pets! My old Praying Mantid even knew her name, I swear she did! I love my roaches. They are easy to feed, are not dirty what so ever, beautiful to look at, and tame enough to hang out on your shoulder all day.

[luckies4me]

Originally posted by lovemyshiba


Thanks for clearing that up for me Cass, the "bird" wasn't outside today, but I'm sure it will be back. I thought it was a mantis, but I thought they were green

We'll find out.....

Maybe it is a locust, but I know that after female prangies lay their eggs they turn brown in color, and most of the males are a lot paler than the females, at least that is my experience having kept them as pets. This is the time that the mantids start dying, then in a few months after winter all the new mantids will hatch.

[anna_66]

Oh yes, we've been bombarded with these crazy little pests They've been biting, flying in my ears, eyes & mouth. Needless to say we also have tons in our house. I bet I vacumned at least 100 or more of them up! They just keep coming!
And I know the worms, Mark calls them wolly worms. None of our dogs like them at all!
Is this what the beetles look like? It's what ours look like

[luckies4me]

Ship them to me! I have aphids right now on my plants and they eat aphids. They are actually very good for plants because they eat all the insects that harm your flower and what not. They are especially good for roses.


They also call them ladybeetles. I think that is their more proper name.

[ChrisH]

The one we have over here must be from the same family of insects I guess, they are here in the warm weather, are red with black spots, are welcomed by gardeners for getting rid of aphids, and we call them ladybirds. I love them, but even so I guess hundreds of them in the home would be a bit much!

[Pam]

We have had one ladybug living on the sliding door for a few days now. I don't do anything - just let her sit there. Maybe she was on her way to Illinois with lots of her friends and couldn't keep up! Silly me! Luckies4me you are a better person than I. Some of your pictures make me but hey they are God's creatures too. I just don't understand why he made so many icky ones. Sorry.

[bluekat]

really? I thought we were the only ones that had them! There's AT LEAST 10 on our kitchen screen door all the time. Whenever I look out, I see hundreds(hopefully not) of ladybugs flying around.

[carole]

I am not a creepy crawlie fan myself, but dare anybody hurt a ladybug or praying mantis, look out, I treasure these delightful bugs, and save them when-ever possible, my cats tend to like the praying mantis.

Do you have the dark blue shiny ones? as well as the spotted ones?