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We have a lot of bugs around here, living in the country like we do. So we've been learning things previously unknown to us. Like when we lived over on Lane Drive, I finally found out the name of the scary looking crab-like bug I had seen only once before: Pseudoscorpion! They may be common and quite harmless, but they freaked me out...
And the other week we had an interesting experience: when I went to pull out onto the road there was a very large millipede crossing the street and I didn't want to hit it! I hopped out to look at it and discovered a second one only a few feet away also crossing! They were at least 3 inches long and as big around as my pinky! It was a nice dark grey with pretty pink stripes, and I wish I could find more specifics on it, but I can't. :(
EDIT: Found some pics and more info! ~ They were Narceus americanus.
And yesterday, since we had one dancing around in our bedroom, I finally decided to check and see if those *giant mosquitoes* really were the males to those biting females, and they're NOT! The large 2-3 inch *mosquitoes* are actually crane flies, and you can tell the male mosquitoes from the females by their feathery antennae. (Female mosquitoes have plain strait antennae. Both sexes of both species are similar in size.
And the other week we had an interesting experience: when I went to pull out onto the road there was a very large millipede crossing the street and I didn't want to hit it! I hopped out to look at it and discovered a second one only a few feet away also crossing! They were at least 3 inches long and as big around as my pinky! It was a nice dark grey with pretty pink stripes, and I wish I could find more specifics on it, but I can't. :(
EDIT: Found some pics and more info! ~ They were Narceus americanus.
And yesterday, since we had one dancing around in our bedroom, I finally decided to check and see if those *giant mosquitoes* really were the males to those biting females, and they're NOT! The large 2-3 inch *mosquitoes* are actually crane flies, and you can tell the male mosquitoes from the females by their feathery antennae. (Female mosquitoes have plain strait antennae. Both sexes of both species are similar in size.
