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Camel Cricket
Sep 19, 2020 18:45:39   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
"A face that only a mother could love?" Even this one is too ugly for that. This is my preserved Camel Cricket that I staged for a 5X magnification session to showcase the features of its face.

Here's a bit of what I have learned about them: "Camel crickets get their common name from their humpbacked appearance, which is similar to that of a camel. Also commonly known as cave crickets or spider crickets, this species can be found in caves, as well as damp, cool areas underneath damp leaves, stones and rotting logs."

The don't have wings to fly however they do have long powerful legs for jumping to flee danger. They have a lifespan of two years and they do not have the ability to 'chirp' like other crickets do so they will not keep you up at night.


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Sep 19, 2020 18:51:17   #
Tom DePuy Loc: Waxhaw, N.C.
 
Outstanding work

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Sep 19, 2020 19:10:19   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
Tom DePuy wrote:
Outstanding work


Thanks ever so much.

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Sep 20, 2020 09:09:42   #
ecobin Loc: Paoli, PA
 
That really is ugly but an excellent stack as usual - great work Gary!

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Sep 20, 2020 09:34:40   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
ecobin wrote:
That really is ugly but an excellent stack as usual - great work Gary!


Oh, Yeah! ugly it is.

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Sep 20, 2020 09:35:59   #
tinusbum Loc: east texas
 
new to me,good job

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Sep 20, 2020 09:37:38   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
tinusbum wrote:
new to me,good job


Thanks, Tinusbum. Perhaps when spring returns the pretty ones will come back our way after wintering down there with you.

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Sep 20, 2020 15:35:20   #
kpmac Loc: Ragley, La
 
So nice, sippy.

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Sep 20, 2020 17:14:29   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
kpmac wrote:
So nice, sippy.


Kpmac, It's so good to see you back.

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Sep 26, 2020 09:29:14   #
napabob Loc: Napa CA
 
👍🏻

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Sep 26, 2020 10:23:17   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
napabob wrote:
👍🏻


Thanks, Napabob. Mother Nature endowed many of her creation with beauty. This one not so much so.

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