Flying Dubia

[yoshimi]

it was actually during the day, but it was a rainy day.. i peeked behind paper and thought i saw a few with their wings up but when i got a good look, there was just the one. had a female nymph molt into adulthood recently so maybe they were showing off for her.

i thought i heard it again last night, but i've been kinda busy, found a newborn bat with umbilical cord still attached at bottom of stairway. unfortunately his brother or sister was dead when i found it a little later. momma bat's not coming back for him. we have bats in the vacant attic apartment, and i've caught and released two in the four years i've lived here. can't do that with this little guy, or put him in a bassinet outside attic door (tried something similar, but he remained unclaimed) so i'm waiting for wildlife people to get back to me. this is one critter i won't be keeping as a pet (tho i'd love to, bats are awesome). guess i have to go find Bat Forum. the goal is to keep him alive til they can come get him. so far, so good.

[yoshimi]

Just to clarify a bit, I thought it was a dead something, couldn't tell right away what it was. The umbilical cord looked like a trail of blood, so I thought it was squished and had to move it so people wouldn't walk on it. I don't go around picking up bats.