It never ceases to amaze me what my children will notice. Tater was running around outside yesterday and ran into the house hollering. I had to come see what he found. Click to enlarge what he found:
My big mouth opened up and mentioned that it was the female that was the larger of the two. He gave me that *blink* and looked at them again. He asked if the smaller one was the one with the tail over the bigger one. I said yes… the male was ‘hugging’ the female. Geeze. What else am I suppose to say?
WE have a praying mantis right now.
Yesterday we put a male in, the female, had her way with him, and then ate him…
I totally told them what she was was doing.
The Collective’s eyes were as big as saucers.
AWTM: funny you mention that. Last year when we saw this same situation, I told both boys they were making babies and we would have to look out for the babies! This year… I swear a new brain has entered my body. I like the praying mantis idea… wonder if I can find a similar insect down here that does that.
My boys have never asked what they were doing… they just always said, “look! they are giving each other Piggy Back rides!” But now that T knows everything, he is quick to point out all the animals he has seen mate. Luckily, he has not added humans to that list…
I saw a couple of huge bumble bees “hugging” a couple of weeks ago. Geez I felt like such a voyeur, but I’d never seen anything like it before, and it was really fascinating, watching this spectacle of nature “in action.”
Awww… ‘hugging’. LOL! Wait til one of them sees the female tear the male’s head off and have it for dessert.
When RTY was younger, she was amazed by the manatees hugging at sea world!
I’ve never seen stick bugs hugging before. Great pic! Thanks for posting it!
Bou: hahaha so I’m not the only one that reverted to saying hug.
Erica: I would be fascinated as well. I love nature.
Pam: hmmm when did humans stop doing that?
wRitErsbLock: hahaha… not sure what I would say…