On Mon, 21 Oct 2013 17:06:08 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
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>On Sunday, October 6, 2013 4:45:25 PM UTC-4, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> First thing this drizzly morning I looked out my back sliders and I
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>> thought, oh, I'll flick that blade of grass off the glass in a bit,
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>> figgered the wind blew it there during the night. But then half way
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>> through my first cuppa I looked and that 'grass' had kinda moved
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>> positions... so I got up for a closer look-see, had to put out bird
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>> seed anyway. From inside I thought a blade of grass but as soon as I
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>> went out this is what a saw:
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>> http://i40.tinypic.com/2ppkfph.jpg
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>> All I could see from inside was one feeler and one leg. Seems one
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>> front leg and half of one feeler was missing, but from what I read
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>> these creatures can regenerate lost parts. After a while it began to
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>> move, was about six inches long... from inside:
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>> http://i39.tinypic.com/2gxl6ko.jpg
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>> Anyone interested in more info, copy and paste in browser:
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>> http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/locke.hp/walk_sticks.htm
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>Gee, I haven't seen or thought about those in years.
>Isn't the insect field fascinating tho?
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>There's a bug in my area that looks for all the world like an armored tank, kinda roundish and moves along at a slow but steady clip.

A Julie Bug! LOL