tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post4372102514453151381..comments2024-02-13T11:11:28.246+00:00Comments on Bishop Alan’s Blog: Grim Reaper picks up sticksBishop Alan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13879516755776951638noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-22912149284202013412009-05-15T16:59:00.000+01:002009-05-15T16:59:00.000+01:00My sister had a stick insect - called Ivy I think ...My sister had a stick insect - called Ivy I think (because that's what she ate) - who she staunchly refused to pronounce dead even when she started falling to bits.<br /><br />The next year I opened a drawer in the sideboard that Ivy had mainly lived on top of and six tiny stick insects crawled out.<br /><br />Can't remember what happened to their eggs but there were no more stick insects. <br /><br />I know keeping pets is meant to teach you things, the main thing I learnt from Ivy was the meaning of the word 'parthogenetic' I think.<br /><br />I was excited to discover <br />there is also an 'online stick insect community' but sadly it seems to be written by humans.<br /><br />http://www.insectstore.com/phasmid/Pam Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03952001402591649389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-23879280869256338202009-05-14T18:18:00.000+01:002009-05-14T18:18:00.000+01:00Amazing what one learns from blogs - etymology, en...Amazing what one learns from blogs - etymology, entomology, you name it!Steve Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-4957781203766157232009-05-14T17:00:00.000+01:002009-05-14T17:00:00.000+01:00After we'd had stick insects for 4 years we finall...After we'd had stick insects for 4 years we finally got to the stage where the last one was almost dead. We were quite looking forward to a dignified burial and the end of stick insects and brambles, when mother-in-law looked after the children one weekend. I will never forget her delighted face when she told us on our return that we've had 25 new babies!!<br /><br />A year or so later we ended up committing wholesale murder of eggs and evicted 2 adults stick insects to take their chances on the local bramble bushes.<br />I still feel vaguely guilty about that.Erika Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01812376497361267014noreply@blogger.com