Bugs in my garden

When I was a kid one of the pass times that was engaged in by the kids in my 'hood was catching bugs and torturing them. I remember friends catching soda 2liter bottles full of grasshoppers and stuffing fire crackers inside and well you know...








Growing up in Chicago I don't remember seeing many different types of insects. Although I do remember one summer where we found a Praying Mantis in an empty lot and thought we had found an alien life form. Being kids and thinking it was an alien you can imagine what the poor bugs fate was.

Now that I've grown up and have a better understanding of the relationship we should have with insects both beneficial and garden pests I find myself sitting or laying on the ground actively looking for signs of multi-legged life. As the warm weather progresses and the garden grows I'll see what comes around and what I can capture with the camera and add the pics here. I'll start by uploading the pics from last summer.