Yes, that's a bug that Joel and Nati caught last week with his new bug catcher from Home Group. It's a bug that saws off small branches on trees. Joel said that it clung to his shirt and pinched his skin when he was trying to put it in the container. I just shudder at the thought.
No one seems to know the real name of the bug. It's something like Serrucho, which Patro says means Sawing Bug. All I know is that I was pretty creeped out by the size. It was as big as my palm, although Joel pointed out it had a lovely iridescent back. He held onto it for a few days and then let it go. Until he finds the next "big one" crawling around my backyard.
Yesterday I saw a cockroach 4 cm long and then this afternoon I thought what I saw was a large bat flying around our patio. As I got closer, I realized it wasn't a bat, it was a giant moth. I'm not going to sleep well tonight, are you?
7 comments:
thankfully, your son will protect you from all the creepy crawlers around your home...unless he brings them inside and forgets about them! Gasp! is right!
hilarious! you are such a good writer, kathy! I feel like I've just heard it right from your lips after reading your blog. leapin' lizards, you got big bugs down there! :) love, laura
EEEKK and that is your official welcome to South America....yikers!
HUGS
Hope you can keep away the bugs ;)
That's a BIG bug - eeeeek! WE have big bugs here in Texas too - I hate the Texas roaches - HUGE!
Take care, Kathy!
Kellan
eeep! wow. amazing.
how about snakes? do you see lots of those? i think i might be ok with nearly anything....except snakes. those i cannot stand.
just thinking about them makes me crazy.
Oh gosh. I don't do bugs well. Good job.
And, we need some pics of you and Carl :) Rachel
Okay -- YUCK!! I would be running far, far away from it...not getting up close for a picture (although thank goodness for zoom lenses, hey?)
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