My cats once got in a fight with a praying mantis in an old townhouse.
I’d seen praying mantisses before but this one was a. in my home and b. large enough to be genuinely a little intimidating. The cats won, but it took a long time because they were being more cautious than usual.
Aww! Praying mantises are totally harmless (to humans) and eat far more annoying bugs. I give the same pass to most spiders (for eating flies and mosquitoes), mud daubers (ironically for eating spiders), and house centipedes (for eating cockroach eggs).
Flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches, and bitey centipedes can fuck off and die though.
Yeah, our only remaining cat is too old to chase anything anymore, but he definitely killed a few centipedes and cockroaches in his time. Good and bad.
My cats once got in a fight with a praying mantis in an old townhouse.
I’d seen praying mantisses before but this one was a. in my home and b. large enough to be genuinely a little intimidating. The cats won, but it took a long time because they were being more cautious than usual.
Aww! Praying mantises are totally harmless (to humans) and eat far more annoying bugs. I give the same pass to most spiders (for eating flies and mosquitoes), mud daubers (ironically for eating spiders), and house centipedes (for eating cockroach eggs).
Flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches, and bitey centipedes can fuck off and die though.
I do the same, but they have to keep themselves away from my cats for it to work properly.
Yeah, our only remaining cat is too old to chase anything anymore, but he definitely killed a few centipedes and cockroaches in his time. Good and bad.