Another house guest

We had a little mystery here in the Dickinson house. I kept finding dirt all around my plant in the living room. I would sweep it up and 2 days later there would be more all over the floor. Steve and I thought that Jesse was eating the dirt out of the pot and poor Snugs even got scolded for it. So, the other day, Steve and I are watching Heros (my new favorite show!) when I see the mess and I say to Steve, "You know Jesse hasn't even been in the house, so it can't be him doing that!". Soooo, Steve starts investigating the plant a bit closer. We're both on edge, as you may recall that giant spider we found in the living room awhile back...

After a very close examination of the plant, we see this thing. What the heck is that, you may ask?? No idea, but it was HUGE and the exact same color as the plant he was clinging to, so not so easy to see. I have no idea how he found his way onto this plant, in our living room, but he's definitely been living the good life. A whole plant to himself to munch and enjoy! You can see how big he was in comparison to my hand!

Then, as we're watching him, he poops! A HUGE poop! That's when we realized that all the "dirt" that I've been sweeping up, was in fact his poop! And, can I just say that based on how much sweeping I've been doing, he poops A LOT! You can see him pooping in the picture!

The mystery poop.

And, the poor plant. Once I started looking closer at the plant, I realized that he's enjoyed quite the buffet! Steve put him outside and hopefully my plant will have a little peace. I'm thinking he must have been on the plant when we got it, and he has just been growing over the last couple of months? No idea but we have definitely been host to some interesting house guests since we moved here!