Bug Friend :) - Tumblr Posts

This is a little less art-related than usual, but I wanted to share this praying mantis that's been in my garden these last few days. They hitched a ride on some celery, and upon my mom discovering them I decided to take them out to the garden.

To my surprise, they stuck around! The mantis has been living in the parsley and jumpscared my brother tonight while he was collecting some for dinner. I heard the commotion from my bedroom window and came down to get the mantis off him. They were much calmer with me tonight than they were on the first day, so I think I can say I've made a friend ^v^

(P.s, I looked it up and the specific species of praying mantis is Orthodera Novaezealandiae)