help / about  | 
link here  |  tools  |  share:

darylann
recent  |  interesting  |  random  |  favorites  |  contacts  |  sets  |  tags:
Eastern Toe Biter 695 Eastern Toe Biter 695
Eastern Toe Biter 695

I found this poor fellow about 3 a.m., in the WalMart parking lot (after my shift driving taxi!), listless under one of the big parking lot lights. He's kinda creepy looking, but I feared his survival depended on my rescue, so I scooped him up and put him in a container and brought him home with me. OK, I admit I also had an ulterior motive -- photo ops!!! I let him rest overnight in some grass and leaves added to his temporary home, and photographed him a few hours ago. He was looking rather dehydrated, so I've since added water to his container and he submerged himself and remains there, rehydrating and hiding! I'll let him go later. [UPDATE, next day: I left the container outside overnight, on the deck railing, and looked in the morning to find he'd gone on his way... flying away into the night by moonlight, is what I like to imagine.] (More info with other pictures of this same bug) This photograph is not in the public domain. It is copyrighted © and may not be used on websites, blogs, or in any other media without explicit advance permission from Daryl Ann Anderson.

Taken on: October 30, 2009
↑ top