LAanimal.com
  • About
  • PHOTOBLOG
  • GALLERY
    • DOGS
    • CATS
    • BIRDS
    • BEASTS
    • FLORA
  • Events
    • Olvera Street 2019
    • Olvera Street 2018
    • Olvera Street 2017
    • Hollywood Huskies 2019
    • Hollywood Huskies 2018
  • Contact
  • Here's Hershel


L A animal

Jerusalem Cricket

12/27/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
Potato Bug and Niño de la Tierra (Child of the Earth) are common names for this mysterious insect. With its big head and overall size of up to two inches, it never fails to surprise me when I come across one while working outdoors. Most often we meet when I am digging in the soil. Overturning rocks or items on the ground will sometimes expose them. Each one looks a little different; some are quite plump and round while others are more elongated. Their colors can be lighter or darker, too. Usually, they just want to get away. I will gently move them to safety with a gloved hand so they can get back to eating dead organic matter away from where I am working.
​
0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Paula Maxwell

    MFA
    Photographer
    ​Draws and paints.
    Lives in Los Angeles.
    ​Pets bees.
    Watches clouds.
    Can't pass a dog on the street without saying hello.
    ​Oh look! A chicken!

    Archives

    December 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly
  • About
  • PHOTOBLOG
  • GALLERY
    • DOGS
    • CATS
    • BIRDS
    • BEASTS
    • FLORA
  • Events
    • Olvera Street 2019
    • Olvera Street 2018
    • Olvera Street 2017
    • Hollywood Huskies 2019
    • Hollywood Huskies 2018
  • Contact
  • Here's Hershel