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[winterspel]

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[arcinmysky]

wow! (O_O) I've never seen them before!!! My first impression upon seeing the pics (thanks for them! <3) was that they looked like a hybrid of a King prawn, cockroach & grasshopper!! (O_o) xDD

Very cool pics & post~ have fun helping them get back on their way towards the original path of the Great Outdoors! *grins*

[winterspel]

We'd never seen them before either! We were wondering what the heck these bugs were (and where they were coming from!), but N figured it out after we spotted the second one. Google is our friend. :)

[nutmeg3]

Those are amazing bugs! An infestation would probably freak me out, but I'd kind of like to see just one. Kudos to you for saving them when you can.

[winterspel]

They are pretty neat. We always take a moment before setting them free just to observe them up close. I feel quite safe when there's a shield between me and any insect. ;P They really don't bug us (haha!) because there aren't that many of them (11 or 12 sightings in six weeks isn't too bad - it's not like ant season where those little buggers run around everywhere. Thank goodness we haven't had ants in a while.) and usually we spot them crawling along the carpet. They only start hopping when we try to catch them, and we're usually more clever than they are! Hee!

[winterspel]

*laugh* I was a bit freaked out the first time I saw them, but it helps a lot to live with someone who loves living creatures as much as N does - he always explains animals to me and that helps me tolerate these little guys and even like them a little.

If I found one in the shower, though, I'd shriek my head off, too! :)

[xshinystars]

Wow that's amazing. We don't have any of them here, but we get occasional crickets, but we don't ever kill them. :)

[winterspel]

They don't scare me like some other bugs do. Even though it didn't look like the other sorts of crickets we normally see outside, I instinctively knew this was a cricket, and somehow I just knew it was okay. ;)

[matchynishi]

I... was not expecting that. O______O

They look like hunchbacked shrimp-spider-creatures. >.> Did you scream the first time you saw them? Coz I would have. O.O

[winterspel]

Hee! No, I don't think I did scream! I think I was quite startled, but as soon as I realized it was only a cricket, I was okay. Crickets don't scare me. Spiders on the other hand...