Aussie Christmas Tree Wildlife Angel

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:57 pm

This angel seems to have come with the tree. Crikey it's beautiful and probably not terribly deadly. Knows its place too, in the scheme of things.

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watermark · Post by **watermark** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:02 am

Hey AussiePam,

That's an interesting photo. We have praying mantis where I'm from quite common and never deadly. We don't however have those types of plants in the picture. What are they? And what's that behind the beautiful insect? A bow?

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AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:47 am

Just an ordinary Aussie style Christmas tree, Watermark - pinus radiata - none of the sort of trees you use for Christmas trees are native to Australia. Really, I supppose, it should be a snowgum. Christmas Down Under is a feast of topsy turvey. It's summer for a start, and Australia has almost no native deciduous trees. But it must be a race memory to want ot have the house full of the smell of pine. I do have a holly tree in my garden too, but it is confused. Its red berries still arrive now, at Christmas, as if it was still in the northern hemisphere.

PS The red is just tinsel.

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:08 pm

((((Pam)))),

WOW!!!! That pic is awesome. I'm going to print it out for the kidlets. By the way, I found a little package in my mailbox today......can't wait to open it.

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:11 pm

I think it would look quite pretty in a fairy outfit.

Snooze · Post by **Snooze** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:46 pm

I think it's kind of terrifying. :-3

LilacDragon · Post by **LilacDragon** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:53 pm

Praying Mantis' are my second favorite insects! And they are only deadly to their mates.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:09 pm

Snooze;739045 wrote: I think it's kind of terrifying. :-3

This is a fairly small one, a little lady, just eight feet long - she's unlikely to attack humans unless provoked, though who really knows, when the night is dark and things are going bump. I've named her Boadicea.

I'm sure there are folk in FG who can trot out properly sauced statistics on envenomation following bites from the Mantis Orans Australiensis Gigantix. I'd expect these to be less significant than from say, a taipan.

Snooze · Post by **Snooze** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:18 pm

AussiePam;739101 wrote: This is a fairly small one, a little lady, just eight feet long - she's unlikely to attack humans unless provoked, though who really knows, when the night is dark and things are going bump. I've named her Boadicea.

I'm sure there are folk in FG who can trot out properly sauced statistics on envenomation following bites from the Mantis Orans Australiensis Gigantix. I'd expect these to be less significant than from say, a taipan.

Oh dear god, tell me you meant to write eight INCHES!!!

LilacDragon · Post by **LilacDragon** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:26 pm

Snooze;739106 wrote: Oh dear god, tell me you meant to write eight INCHES!!!

I hope she meant inches or that is some SERIOUS tinsel!!

Snooze · Post by **Snooze** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:34 pm

That's a good point... and her tree would have to be approximately 2,500 feet tall, which most likely wouldn't fit in her house.

I feel a little calmer now.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:24 pm

Eight inches?!!!! Really ladies!!! I know where your minds are!!! It's that thread of Lon's preying upon your subconscious.

Lemme see, did I mistranslate? I mean, here Down Under, we use the metric system, so I may have got me maths in a twist.

Um

Two and a half metres = 250 centimetres

cm x 0.39* = in

in x 2.54 = cm

One foot = 12 inches

er..

Possibly a bit more than eight feet

LilacDragon · Post by **LilacDragon** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:43 am

I never learned how to translate our measuring system into metrics (I REALLY hate math!!) but I do know that if that bug is 8 feet tall, it is taller then you are!!

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:46 pm

A Texan in Australia A Texan farmer goes to Australia for a vacation. There he meets an Aussie farmer and gets talking. The Aussie shows off his big wheat field and the Texan says, "Oh! We have wheat fields that are at least twice as large". Then they walk around the ranch a little, and the Aussie shows off his herd of cattle. The Texan immediately says, " We have longhorns that are at least twice as large as your cows". The conversation has, meanwhile, almost died when the Texan sees a herd of kangaroos hopping through the field. He asks, "And what are those"? The Aussie replies with an incredulous look, "Don't you have any grasshoppers in Texas"?

:sneaky:

lemon_and_mint · Post by **lemon_and_mint** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:49 pm

AussiePam;739118 wrote: Eight inches?!!!! Really ladies!!! I know where your minds are!!! It's that thread of Lon's preying upon your subconscious.

Lemme see, did I mistranslate? I mean, here Down Under, we use the metric system, so I may have got me maths in a twist.

Um

Two and a half metres = 250 centimetres

cm x 0.39* = in

in x 2.54 = cm

One foot = 12 inches

er..

Possibly a bit more than eight feet

eight feet is about two feet taller than I am, and i'm tall for a woman. :wah:

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:54 pm

Yes, I suppose she is rather large. And I don't have a sandbox. Guess I better put her out in the garden for a while.

:-6

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:18 pm

AussiePam;739450 wrote: A Texan in Australia A Texan farmer goes to Australia for a vacation. There he meets an Aussie farmer and gets talking. The Aussie shows off his big wheat field and the Texan says, "Oh! We have wheat fields that are at least twice as large". Then they walk around the ranch a little, and the Aussie shows off his herd of cattle. The Texan immediately says, " We have longhorns that are at least twice as large as your cows". The conversation has, meanwhile, almost died when the Texan sees a herd of kangaroos hopping through the field. He asks, "And what are those"? The Aussie replies with an incredulous look, "Don't you have any grasshoppers in Texas"?

:sneaky:

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:25 pm

So there ya go, WW!! Them grassies are bloody HUGE. And going back to rampant stick insects, the same applies. Stands to reason!

:sneaky:

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:31 pm

AussiePam;739675 wrote: So there ya go, WW!! Them grassies are bloody HUGE. And going back to rampant stick insects, the same applies. Stands to reason!

:sneaky:

Notice I did NOT argue with you.....if anything I learned on the Forum Garden, you don't argue with ANYONE from Australia....especially those with big insects on their tree!!

Momma didn't raise no fool!:wah::wah:

Snooze · Post by **Snooze** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:40 pm

AP, you're lucky to be alive!

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:43 pm

WonderWendy3;739677 wrote: Notice I did NOT argue with you.....if anything I learned on the Forum Garden, you don't argue with ANYONE from Australia....especially those with big insects on their tree!!

Momma didn't raise no fool!:wah::wah:

Listen WW, and Snooze will support me here, I hope. I am a GIRL!! FEMALE. I do NOT have a TREE, and even less do I have INSECTS, big or small upon the tree that I don't have...

But, by all means, don't argue with me.

:sneaky: