I am quite jealous of Boodie right now. Look at what she found:
The photo isn’t the best quality because my human trapped it between a window and a window screen. Now she is trying to figure out how to get it outside with the “least amount of drama.” But the bug (a thread-waisted wasp, to be exact) got me to thinking about the different attitudes cats and humans have about bugs.
We cats love bugs!
- They are fun play toys — you never know what they are going to do next.
- They are tasty. At least a lot of them are.
- They are loaded with protein, so they make healthy between-meal snacks.
Okay, so some of them aren’t too good. My human kills black widow spiders if she finds them near the house — apparently they can kill a kitty if they get inside and we try to play with them! And some bugs sting, like bees, and I guess that wasp (which is a bummer, because it looks like a fun toy). But humans treat all bugs like they are bad! And I guess for humans that is true, because every time they “catch a bug,” they get sick. Which makes me wonder: why do they go catching and eating those bugs in the first place? And just because bugs make them sick, why does that mean they have to take them away from us when we find them? Bugs don’t make us sick!
Humans are just so quirky and confusing sometimes.
Oh Sparkle…Gloman is a big fan of bugs. WAY more than my girl. He likes photographing them REALLY close up. We are sealed up pretty tight in this townhouse though so I don’t get too many passersby.
Fun post!
xo Katie
So true, so true, Sparkle!
I couldn’t have expressed these thoughts on bugs better!
Now that I’ve moved to town and have become a full-time indoor cat, I miss all of those fun bugs I could find in the grass outside
Love the photo your face. You are indeed a beautiful cat.
Purrs,
Sara Cat
Sparkle, you’re so erfurdite! And some humans love the honey made by bees but if a cat every thoughtfully brought home a beehive, they’d get all hissy about it.
Oh, Sparkle! Your thoughts are so PURRofound! You certainly bring up some good points.
Bugs are essential to this world — they do important jobs, not least of which is being toys and snacks to kitties.
By the way, your picture today is awesome and reminds me so much of Dante’s post today. You have the same fierce look.
That is a scary-looking bug. It’s probably for the best that you’re not allowed to eat it!
Sparkle, we’ve given up trying to figure out our mom-person. She is always trying to rescue the little spiders we want to eat…but then if some big hairy ugly monster bug is in the house, she’s pushing us at it and trying to get us to eat it- and we say no way! YoW!
Pip, Smidgen, Minnie, Hollie
Wow, that bug sure looks fun!
Back at the house there was a web in the doorwell of the back door. Once, when my mom went out to the patio, my sis Obvilia started to snack on the web! Well, this happened twice, and it wasn’t until after that that my mom ever saw the spider who built it. It was a black widow. Mom made her leave but didn’t kill her because black widows eat nasty things like roaches. (And since ABQ actually has a cockroach hotline, you can see why she put the spider out.)
That bug does look like a lot of fun but our mommy wouldn’t let us play with it either. We do get to play with moths and flies which are fun! The other night we had a spider cornered but daddy took it away. Spoil sport.
PS Sparkle
Mum did the QR code thingy – just SOO cool!
Oh my sisfur Sienna (a Binga lookalike) loves moths and stick insects. I can’t see them very well but I pick the dead ones up off the ground and take them home for mum – she’s alwwasy so happy to get them!
Hehe!!!! I love tricking bugs into coming into my jaws too!
You are so right, Sparkle. Bugs are the BEST! I love chasing flies, catching them, and nomming them. FUN! – Moosey
Oh Sparkle
Not black widow spiders — eek!
Your human is so wise to get rid of those!
But we like to play with any “bug” that makes it way into our house. Mom and Dad are both spoil sports because if they find us with a “bug” we lose it.
*sigh*
I say they need to get their own bug to play with.
purrs
>^,,^<
♥Abby♥Boo♥Ping♥Jinx♥Grace♥
Sparkle, Humans ARE confusing, and we put it down to their dimbulb intellect. BTW, Felix wants to tell you to watch out for kadiddlehoppers, they make you foam.
We ALL love bugs here on the farm….they are in the house, the camper, outside, all over. That’s how we exercise–hunting and catching them-especially flies and moths. But the mice are much more satisfying…..
Wow, that is a skeery looking bug to me! I like to watch bugs, but I nefur try to catch them. Sometimes I will pat them wif my paw, but that’s it.
What a find!! My cats love bugs too. I, however, am not so much a fan.
The publicist HATES bugs. Her screams can be heard the next town down.
Sherpa the Farm cat is an excellent fly catcher. He even eats them which makes the publicist happy
Yeah, beans are definitely wierd! We luff bugs too.
In our house, the kitties catch and kill the bugs. I figure everyone wins. The cats have a good time and the humans don’t have to deal with the insects.
OMC!!!! Ouch, don’t play with those pesty things I think called wasps. I wouldn’t want ANY kittie stung and be hurt. My preference is a fly.
Hi Sparkle,
Humans are weird. And confusing. Me thinks wes could get rid of them all, except yous needs thumbs to use the can opener. As one can not live on bugs alone.
Kisses
Nellie
M won’t let me eat a bug either – darn. I do get the thril of catching them tho, but M is hot on my trail to get it away from me before I can gulp it down.
When my peep catches a bug between the window and the screen, she leaves it there until it starves to death. It doesn’t take too long. TW doesn’t like buys no how. She even wrinkles her nose at my Kragonfly.
We agree! We play wif it, mommy takes it away and kills it. Where is the method to this madness?
Our mum hates all bugs – (except for ladybirds) – we say mum it’s still a bug but does she listen – hahaha not likely.
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
Bruce, the kitty that came before us, caught a wasp one time and only one time, too. He got stung, on his paw. He left them alone after that.. For him yummy wasn’t enough incentive to play with them again.
We love when bugs come in the house so we can play with them…better than any interactive toy!! But the humans don’t like when the bugs are in the house…and always get rid of them and ruin our fun.
Our Mom doesn’t like the bugs either. What is the matter with these humans. We do get to catch bug sometimes since we get to go outside. But we know not to mess with the wasps. That one in the picture does look a little mean. Might hurt if it stung you. Take care.
Our mummy will not let us look at the horrible bug *pout*
Crickets are coming out now! Their jumping around & chirping is alot of fun!
I think in China humans eat grilled bugs, but I don’t know which once. Anyway Pookie is a great spider catcher (no black widows of course, they don’t exist here) which I love very much because I don’t like spiders at all and am happy when she catches them !
Sparkle, We have the same type of human !!!
My mom kill spider too, and lots of time I just look up and say ” why can’t you let me play with him first ! ” she always stomp it in front of me !..No fun at all.
But your wasp look like dangerous ! Like Bee !!!! even my mom will run away ! Lucky your human can trap it ! Good on her !
PS : But the photo of wasp is too good, now I’m drooling !
That’s food for thought! I find it funny that humans like only certain kinds of bugs, like ladybirds or grasshoppers. Why the discrimination??