<![CDATA[Hello, pious little predator]]>Hello, pious little predator

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/8e087fe8-2da5-421e-a085-8e0ba48516ef/hello-pious-little-predatorRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 06:17:06 GMTMon, 04 May 2026 23:43:43 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Hello, pious little predator on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:40:15 GMT]]>@MLE_online Enjoy your own private security. Now would be a great time to plant berries - take advantage of the free security! I can never grow them because they get savaged by pill bugs and earwigs long before I get to them.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/mathaetaes/statuses/116522484757273380https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/mathaetaes/statuses/116522484757273380Tue, 05 May 2026 14:40:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hello, pious little predator on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:38:44 GMT]]>@mathaetaes There's still two empty ones adhered to the eaves of my house. There was an empty one on my rosemary bush for the last year, but I trimmed that branch off a couple months ago. I carefully peeled the one off of my basil plant and set it aside after it was empty. I think the gardeners blew it away though. There are probably others hiding elsewhere here

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/MLE_online/statuses/116522478757186559https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/MLE_online/statuses/116522478757186559Tue, 05 May 2026 14:38:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hello, pious little predator on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:36:36 GMT]]>@MLE_online I've only seen an ootheca once or twice in my yard - both times on the ground and empty, so I'm not sure if they hatched here or if they were brought in by a bird or something.

I had a bunch of them one year (or maybe the same one that was just really bad at hiding, and also really mobile?), which was great because I had a real leaf miner and aphid problem. I think they gorged themselves on the bugs then moved on.

Fortunately, the pests haven't come back either - at least not in any real numbers - but it was nice to know I had my own pest control in place keeping the numbers down.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/mathaetaes/statuses/116522470381450633https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/mathaetaes/statuses/116522470381450633Tue, 05 May 2026 14:36:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hello, pious little predator on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:31:34 GMT]]>@mathaetaes I don't know where mine came from, but they just arrived one year, and they've been laying eggs each year for three or four years now

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/MLE_online/statuses/116522450568552864https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/MLE_online/statuses/116522450568552864Tue, 05 May 2026 14:31:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hello, pious little predator on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:27:05 GMT]]>@MLE_online ooh, jealous! I used to have those in my garden. They did a great service and my citrus has been doing much better than in previous years as a result, but I haven't seen any in the last couple of years. Maybe they ate everything and moved on to greener pastures 😞

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/mathaetaes/statuses/116522432925685821https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/mathaetaes/statuses/116522432925685821Tue, 05 May 2026 14:27:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hello, pious little predator on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:52:26 GMT]]>@MLE_online Cute! 😊

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/116417612693935998/statuses/116519701500081168https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/116417612693935998/statuses/116519701500081168Tue, 05 May 2026 02:52:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hello, pious little predator on Tue, 05 May 2026 00:15:26 GMT]]>@chrishuck No, but I have seen them run very fast, and that's also weird

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/MLE_online/statuses/116519084124552942https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/MLE_online/statuses/116519084124552942Tue, 05 May 2026 00:15:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hello, pious little predator on Tue, 05 May 2026 00:12:58 GMT]]>@MLE_online Have you ever seen one fly? It’s so weird

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/chrishuck/statuses/116519074418563615https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/chrishuck/statuses/116519074418563615Tue, 05 May 2026 00:12:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hello, pious little predator on Mon, 04 May 2026 23:49:31 GMT]]>This must be one of the babies that hatched from the ootheca on my thai basil a little while back

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/MLE_online/statuses/116518982218769901https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/MLE_online/statuses/116518982218769901Mon, 04 May 2026 23:49:31 GMT