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October 10, 2011 09:12 pm PDT
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Two children of the earth photographed next to a quarter
I found these waterlogged insects in my backyard yesterday. I prefer to call them "children of the earth," but they are also known as "potato bugs" and "jerusalem crickets." Click image for a closer look. From Wikipedia: Common myths: As is true for other large arthropods (e.g. solfugids), there are a number of folk tales [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/sXpHsm8Dl7o/two-children-of-the-earth-photographed-next-to-a-quarter.html
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