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  • wedgewedge@woodworking.group
    Jul 6, 2026, 7:06 PM

    Found a rectangular clay plant box at the dump. The kind you put on a wall, in front of a window, or whatever. No chips or cracks, so I grabbed it.

    Inside the hot planter was a caterpillar. Biggest one I’ve seen in a long time. Hairy. I brought him home and put him in a shady pot I had watered earlier. He seemed immediately happier. Made his way under a cool leaf. Hope he doesn’t eat my plant. But might be worth it if he does his chrysalis there.

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  • wedgewedge@woodworking.group
    Jul 6, 2026, 7:15 PM

    Also found a young praying mantis under the yard debris I was cleaning up. It didn’t have its green color yet. Unless I found an actual white one. He was small, though.

    I put him in the cherry tree. He seemed happy to be off the hot cement. Took off running on the branch.

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  • wedgewedge@woodworking.group
    Jul 6, 2026, 7:32 PM

    Probably should have used ‘it’ or ‘they’, not knowing how this ‘piller identifies.

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