Thursday, September 10, 2009

Mole Cricket

Saw a lil' insect in front of cold-storage, the poor creature was frozen ... thought it was dead. Then i moved it outside, under the sun. After a while, I saw it was surrounded by red ants, i picked it up and cleaned it from ants. Then, amazingly, it moved its antenna. It's alive again ... Hahaha. And this the pictureBtw, the name is mole-cricket
When i was young, this funny-looking insect flied into my house. I picked it up, and my dad said "When Dad was young, there were plenty of this insects, nowadays, I rarely see it around". My Dad explained why it has the huge fore-legs. It's for digging, that's why it is name mole-cricket. Was so mesmerized by it. Cute, huh?!

ps: according to wiki, it is not an endangered animal, in fact it is a pest in some countries.

1 comment:

Yosef J Maulana said...

You are probably the only girl that I know who is totally unafraid to handle insects