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A few shots for the weekend

Not much to say today, but I thought I would discuss some more photos I took by my building at work.

I found this small centipede in some leaf litter I was going through and decided that was not the most photogenic place for it.  Therefore I found this flower nearby and placed it on top.  The centipede seemed rather confused and wandered around the flower for a bit, before I placed it back in the leaf litter.  It’s probably the equivalent of someone putting us an Mars - we would likely wonder - “where the heck are we?” (note: I am assuming whoever did it was kind enough to give us a space suit or else we wouldn’t have much time to think).

I have no idea what type of centipede this is, except that they are common around here - this isn’t the first one like this I have seen.  My current guide books do not go in depth on centipedes - so some day I will need to pick up a book that deals with them.

This is another shot of it on the other side of the flower.

This is a midge, which look like mosquitoes but don’t bite.  They are very easy to photograph because they tend to sit still for periods of time.  For more on midges, read a post on them.

Finally, I don’t always shoot insects, so here are two other shots I took that day.  I’ll end for the weekend with them.

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Tags: centipede, macro, midge, photography