This insect shoots peppermint at predators from a pair of cannons behind its head. Meet the peppermint stick insect, (Megacrania batesii). When threatened, It can spray the peppermint-smelling chemical forwards or even backwards to protect itself! 🤭 Learn more: bit.ly/3S7Dsvj 🙌 Credits: She's got Legs - Australian Spider and Insect Photography #ausgeo #discoveraustralia #insectlovers #natureandscience #stickinsect #naturelovers | Australian Geographic

What an amazing statement plant! Unlike the Arundo donax 'Versicolor,' 'Peppermint Stick' does not loose it's variegation in summer. It is also not invasive, despite what the internet might say. The plant is sterile (does not produce viable seed), and it does not run. It does get big - 12 feet tall and 20 feet across in 10 years. Arundo donax is deciduous in our zone 7b, meaning it dies back to the ground in winter. It grows to it's amazing height during summer and in the fall the giant clump is