Then I went on outside off the porch and took a picture of him (or her) from the other side. Usually you see the outer shell of these critters split open from where they emerged to another life of flight. I didn't see a split big enough for the bug inside to get out. I wonder if he is in there or not. I will check later. If he can't get out, he will just die there, stuck on the screen.
Then I looked over to the other end of the porch and there was a Green Anole. Yes, I know it doesn't look green, but they can change colors to fit in better with their background and this one turned brown to blend in with the wood framing.
Here are a couple of pictures that I found on the internet of them in their normal color:
I will keep checking on the bug that is shedding its outer skeleton to see if it gets the job done or dies trying. With the high triple digit heat we are having, anything or anyone outside would be trying to shed anything that they can. Hope all of you are keeping cool and make sure you have a great day, you hear?
That green Anole is all over the place around my house. The cats spend a lot of time trying to catch and eat them. Of course, they bring me one every now and then.
ReplyDeleteThat is really nice of your cats bringing one to you every now and then. Tell, do they taste good??? (grin)
DeleteIs that a katydid? havent seen but a couple this year.
ReplyDeleteBelieve it was a cicada.
DeleteWhat in the world is it? At first I thought the Dallas spiders had made it to the Houston area.
ReplyDeleteNo, it is just a cicada, what I used to erroneously call them locus.
DeleteTexas does have some interesing critters. Nice photos Dizzy.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the warm and damp climate has something to do with the variety of living stuff we have here.
DeleteWe have a herd of chameleons and anoles since I built my lizard habitat and I noticed one anole was bright white. When I got closer, I saw it was dead skin he was shedding. ick. I didn't know they did that. And in Indiana, those casings were always stuck to the bark on our maples. Not pretty either, but I loved listening to them at night.
ReplyDeleteI always saw them on trees, too. They crawl up out of the ground and transform into a flying creature. . . The anoles do shed their skin.
DeleteVery interesting pictures. I have had to care for a Green Anole a couple of times at the animal shelter I volunteer at. Yes, people in WI keep them as pets.
ReplyDeleteI have seen young girls using them as earrings. They let them bite down on the ear lobe and for some stupid reason, they stay there.
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