There are frogs everywhere lately … particularly at night. This large almost albino specimen lives really close to my back door and every night, as soon as Walker has finished his dinner, he jumps right into his bowl and hops up and down (rattling the bowl on the stone patio with each jump) while he […]

Thanks to the miracles of Google, it took only a few minutes for me to discover that it is from the order of Phasmida, otherwise known as stick-insect, walking sticks or stick bugs. There are lots of interesting things about Stick-Bugs and I highly recommend a more thorough reading of the subject here … you will learn about their Anatomy ( Phasmids have an impressive visual system that allow them to perceive significant detail even in dim conditions, which suits their typically nocturnal lifestyle ), about their Defense M echanisms ( Phasmatodea species exhibit mechanisms for defense from predators that both prevent an attack from happening in the first place (primary defense) and are deployed after an attack has been initiated (secondary defense )), their Life Cycle ( Many species of phasmids are parthenogenic , meaning the females lay eggs without needing to mate with males to produce offspring .), their Behaviour ( Stick insects, like praying mantises , show rocking behavior in which the insect makes rhythmic, repetitive, side-to-side movements.

I was walking into the house the other day when i glanced down at the path and saw this scorpion being dragged across the stones by a lot of ants.