Zach @ Work

This week I was horrified to hear a customer offer to "squash that thing" for me. What was he talking about? A praying mantis nymph riding my shoulder. He was there for over an hour before I finally made him get off into a tree. It was hilarious! It took him a while to get used to me, but once he did he still did not like other people.

When other people would approach me he would rear up and start waving his claws at them menacingly. When, at last, I decided Amber would probably not appreciate such a creepy and crawly pet I took it to a tree. Once there he tried to hide in my shirt. When I tried to force him on to the branch he waited until I backed off enough that he could fall and fly on to me again. He finally gave up, though, and went where he belonged.