About three weeks ago, I was raking some little tree limbs I had trimmed off of some tree branches overhanging my yard by our woods.
Strangely enough, I never got attacked while using the gas powered hedge trimmer near the nest that I never knew was there in the ground.
But while raking, I must have raked over the nest and one of those little turds flew into my left ear and zapped me. At first I thought it was a fly and stuck my gloved finger in my ear to get it out. Then I felt the pain.
Immediately ran from the area and for another strange reason, they didnāt pursue me. I found the hole later the next night. It was in the woods next to my yard so I left it alone.
Thinking about breeding some Praying Mantisā, the big ones, and letting them have free reign over our property.š
Actually, thereās a landscaping supply company just up Hwy 68 near Pleasant Ridge Rd. that has thousands of Praying Mantisā flying around. Theyāll fly right up and land on your shoulder.
I was talking to a girl who works there one day when I was buying something up there, and one landed on me. She told me theyāre a very social insect and donāt mind people. She said they like to have them there because they keep a lot of other pests away including wasps and hornets.
After she told me this I started looking a little closer while walking around and started seeing them everywhere. Had she not told me about them, other than the one that landed on my shoulder, I never would have noticed them.
