After a long rainy couple of days, I walked out on the porch and was surprised to discover lots of tiny little dead shrimp-like creatures scattered on the porch. I put one in a jar and looked at it really closely, but even under intense scrutiny it still looked like a shrimp. I searched for 'insects that look like shrimp' online and was rewarded with Lawn Shrimp, otherwise known as the Terrestrial Amphipod.
Behold.
Credit for picture goes to whatsthatbug.com
They are crustaceans, which means that they ARE in fact related to shrimp. It's wonderful! A whole host of land-burrowing shrimp are living close to me! It's like some sort of strange fantasy beast, probably plagued by Lilliputians and in league with mice. I can search for them while wandering about with the dogs in the backyard. Naturalist time!
Behold.
They are crustaceans, which means that they ARE in fact related to shrimp. It's wonderful! A whole host of land-burrowing shrimp are living close to me! It's like some sort of strange fantasy beast, probably plagued by Lilliputians and in league with mice. I can search for them while wandering about with the dogs in the backyard. Naturalist time!
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