Tuesday, August 10, 2010

katydid trap and release

Saturday night we were awakened by a strange sound coming from the air conditioner in the office. Fernando jumped up and realizing there was something trapped inside of the AC, started to thump on the side. He saw something huge fly out but it was so fast he lost sight of it.
The next day he walked into the office to find this on his computer screen:

I grabbed two plastic cups and Fernando swiftly trapped her between them.

When we released her outside, she seemed to not want to leave the cup. Her pause gave us the opportunity to examine her leaf-like wings.

Then she quickly flew away and landed near the living room window.

I'm glad we found her before the cats did.
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2 comments:

  1. JanneSeptember 14, 2010

    Hi Heather. Thank you so much for leaving that comment on my blog about Jean Lurcat! There is no doubt this is the artist behind the picture on my wall. Oh, blogging at its best...

    Nice blog you have here, by the way :-)

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  2. JP KilcullenSeptember 22, 2010

    Hi Heather
    Love your Blog.
    Its funny..I always come across it searching for something else..and I end up stumbling back on ..a nice surprise.
    I love your house too and so glad ur restoring it.
    My partner and lived on Fort Hill Circle and in 2002 brought a house on Westervelt..our love of love..now a NYC landmark (Vanderzee-Harper House) like Hortons Row.
    Yours could be the next...
    hopefully we can meet sometime...keep up the good work.

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