I thought I’d share a few photos I’ve taken lately of some of my garden inhabitants. None of these are mammals, although I’m pretty sure that the suspects eating my garden are rats. Never been seen in person, but I just have a sinking feeling that the kind of destruction my plants are enduring comes from something voracious. I’ve heard that desert rats in our area can strip your greenery in no time.
But I digress. I found these guys in my garden recently, and while I’m not usually a fan of the creepy crawlies, I was fascinated enough to grab some shots.
see this cute little spider guy?
I’m actually kind of terrified by spiders, particularly when they invade my space in the house. In the garden, I’m willing to cut them a little slack, since I know they eat a lot of the nasty bugs that might be chomping on my plants’ leaves. This guy was hanging out on a zucchini blossom.
Then, I saw what I think is a lady spider. A mama spider, to be precise. She was diligently doing something to what I assume is a sac of babies. On one level, kinda gross. On another, I’m in solidarity with any mom trying to protect her offspring.
you go, spider girl
Maybe later this spider and I will burn our bras together. Or at least throw them in the trash can.
On this same plant, I saw some grasshoppers, and I was about to go medieval on their asses, but my tree trimming guy pointed out that apparently, they weren’t eating the actual tree. Although he referred to them as leaf cutters, and that sounds ominous to me.
you better not eat that tree, sucka
But I let this dude hang out, since he appeared to be leaving my tree alone, and he was neighbors with this cute little bugger who was doing some kind of grasshopper yoga or Pilates.
Ohmmmmm
I’m sure there’s some entomological reason for this floating leg pose, but I found it kind of hilarious. He did this with both legs; just sitting on the branch with leg extended, then putting said leg down and lifting the other one. Wha? I’m currently entertaining joke suggestions on what this grasshopper is up to.
So, these are the people in my garden neighborhood.
