It used to be that creatures like this would creep me out. Now I just find them quite fascinating. Not sure of the ID on this guy - some type of centipede maybe?
Discovered 06-05-10 on a morning walk at Gateway Trail - Blacksburg, Virginia
Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow.
~Henry David Thoreau
EEEEEKK! Nope, still creepy to me! Hope that was a zoom lens you were using Kerri and that you didn't have to get too close!! :(
ReplyDeletexo Catherine
Funny that you used to be creeped out and now fascinated. I wonder if I would ever have that transformation about mice/rats? Doubt it!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, he IS a fascinating creature, the detail on one so small is brilliant.
And the quote made me smile. Thanks for sharing both, Kerri.
Love the things we learn when we can see so up close with our cameras! Sorry to have been missing in action for so long. It has been a rough couple of months. I've lots to catch up on I see!
ReplyDeleteThat would require a whole lot of back to school tennis shoes!
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Eeeeeeuuuuuuwwwww! I still get creeped out with things like this! But great photos of it anyway!
ReplyDeleteAwesome photos! Sharing this... Keep on!
ReplyDeletegreat shots!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you Kerri ... they used to creep me out but now with camera in hand, I to get close up shots. Makes me look at the world a whole different way! Woohoo!
ReplyDeleteYikes! I used to hate creepy crawly things and still do, but I love looking at them through the camera lens.
ReplyDeleteWOW!!!!
ReplyDeleteKerri, this is a Millipede - Very common in South Africa especially when it rains. Check this out I found online : http://www.focusonpictures.com/zuidafrika/insectplus/insect5.htm
ReplyDeleteRegards Sean
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Hey! It's not an ant...so GOOD!! LOL What a great photo of him too!
ReplyDeleteI've seen these creepy things out when I've been walking too. They still creep me out. It's all the legs that get to me!!!
ReplyDeleteSeeing it through your lens makes it doubly fascinating! I wonder if it ever gets sore feet?
ReplyDeleteYowsers! Look at all those legs... Very cool...
ReplyDeleteI find this little fella (or whatever) quite beautiful!
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