Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 10, 1 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
I was weeding the bromeliad garden today and I'm used to seeing lizards and evil Cuban tree frogs perched in and on them. So at first I thought this was an evil Cuban frog (they're invasive, eat all the good native frogs) and I was going to exterminate it. But then I got close and saw it wasn't a frog at all. I don't know what it is, but I'm calling it "The Ugliest Bug I've Ever Seen". Plus, it was huge! It just sat there, thankfully, because if it flew near me I would have run screaming and the last time I did that Dad got mad at me because he thought I was really hurt (a toad jumped out of a potted plant and I wasn't expecting it). And yes, I'm afraid of bugs. But if this one is good and will eat other bugs I'll leave it alone, so just tell me what it is and I'll go from there.

Ugh, I don't even like looking at the photo. : (