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Siwsan

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Fri Sep 8, 2023, 05:02 PM Sep 2023

The ferals are enjoying a seasonal playtoy/snack [View all]

I'm pretty sure they are Cicada. We watched one shed its exoskeleton, a couple of weeks ago. While we were watching, Skittish started stalking behavior, pounced, and walked off with SOMETHING in her mouth. We could see these big insect wings flapping away.

Just now I stepped outside to see another feral doing the exact same thing, except instead of grabbing it and running off, he played with it, picking it up in his mouth, dropping it, swatting it around and then repeating the game. The little kittens were fascinated.

There's another one, right now, hanging off of a kibble bag I was using to collect trash from around the property. Now I don't want to move it until the molting process is done. It is an amazing process to watch so maybe I'll get to see it again.

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