What's your Gardening nightmare..!!??

Remember this from last year in my brother's garden in Crete, imagine if they were three times the size!! then you would have nightmares. Luckly these Mantis were only 6ins long!
:D

 

He's lovely, strongy, my sort of critter. I'm amazed, the cicadas are rife at the moment with temps in the low 20s. :confused:

Nothing particularly bothers me but I don't like picking up worms, slugs or other slimey things ... frogs and snakes are okay, as they are soft ... mice, voles and such like are easy to catch by the tail but voles can quickly upend and bite. The one thing I almost can't do is pick up a frightened, flapping bird. :eek:

 

LoL, I know you have them around (mantis) and I remembered you liked them, wish we had them here (but not three times the size, imagine those pincers - ouch!!). :D

 

Strongy,

Not the prettiest creature in the world but a good pic :D maybe my pic's will be in focus one day

 

Okay, strongy, 18 inches may be a bit much to handle ... with the Mantis ... :eek: :eek: :eek: ... but I'd handle them with care and attention and speak nicely to them as I petted them sitting on my arm (not hand, please note).

Oh, ag, I disagree ... he/she is beautiful.

 

That mantis looks amazing!

I think the problem i have touching though are those slimey slugs. They're horrible.

 

Vicki,

Mammals i love, but insects not quite so much 'cos we were always finding little lizards down the loo in Cyprus :D still a beautiful pic tho

 

Why, pray(ing mantis) tell are you finding them in the loos ????????? Never had one in my house (doors and windows open all the time, dawn till dusk ... dusk till dawn) ... let alone my loo! :eek:

 

OH MY GOD , anything creepy crawlie and you don`t see me for dust . When i start screaming and running around like a lunatic hubby thinks , here we go again there`s an ant in the house :rolleyes:

 

Flying ants is far too much for me...I never saw them before this summer (no joke intended!) but boy when I did just like DQ I screamed like a loonie around the garden anyone would have thought I was getting murdered.... Bob was pretty brave but man I really lost it!
Helen.xxx.

 

Love all natures creations nothing phases me, kept anything that crawled as a kid still fascinated by it all.

 

I like everything but WASPS,i hate them with a passion. KILL,KILL,KILL. :D

 

me too mackem.been known to leave baby buggy and toddler while i do a banshee impression up the street,