The newest members of Newt’s menagerie:
Three new Indian Walking Stick Bugs have just joined our family: Bobby, Bob and George.
We all worked together to build the cage for them (pictured above). W and Newt built. Newt and I sanded and painted.
The bugs seem quite happy here. At least, I think they are happy. How can I tell really? They’re bugs…
Walking stick bugs are SO COOL! I never would have thought to have them as a “pet”. What a great idea! Were they easy to find (like to find a place to buy them from)? What do they eat and what care do they need? So cool
I have a ton of those bugs eating my garden every night….Maybe I have a new business oppurtunity! Pets!
I guess if they are still alive then they are happy, right? When did Newt turn to Newt? I must have been sleeping.
[...] was a sad day at our house. Bob, the biggest and best of Newt’s pet stick bugs, died. She had been my girl’s favorite: the one she carried around on her arm, read to and [...]