Lovebush
As per our custom, we started the morning with our shorter walk before breakfast.
So all total on a couple of Lotebushes were over dozen walkingsticks! It seemed to be the happening place. 😎
While looking up walkingsticks I found this reference: Texas walkingsticks (Quinn 2012). It says some Texas walkingsticks have a defensive behavior of spraying a chemical. So be careful looking at mating walkingsticks!
Finally I would like to give the Lotebush a new common name, Lovebush. 😊
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Looks like s really nice park and you’re having a grand time. Funny so many walking sticks in one place.
Really was strange. 🤷🏻♀️
Haha! Great new name for the walking stick happening spot!
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The hooded windmill grass looks almost frosty- very unusual effect.
Those walking sticks look so giant!
I’m glad you’re finding so many interesting things there. I was a bit underwhelmed when I visited there a few years ago – I’ll need to pay another visit.
Mating walking sticks – that must be tricky!
Haven’t seen the “love” on my Lotes. but have had quite a few walkingsticks this year. Which brings to mind an experience about 30 years ago up in eastern OK at Beech Creek National Botanical Area. We were primitive camping in the fall and there were walkingsticks everywhere. If you stood still a moment, they were walking up your legs. You had to keep moving even if just marching in place. they also would drop down on us. But the worst part was all the stuff dropping on us in our cups of water and plates of food. That was pretty gross. Later read that as they mate they climb up in trees then let loose the eggs to drop where they wished. Well I didn’t wish for poop or eggs in my food. I don’t know if they are always that thick in that area in fall or it was an unusual fall, but we never camped there again in September. We made sure it was spring or November.
Fun story. Thanks for sharing!!
Forgot to add that my Hooded Windmill Grass looks nothing like that. Very different.