Thursday Two Questions Meme San Francisco Insect Zoo
All of these photos were taken at the San Francisco insect zoo.
Photo above a tarantula.
Click photos to enlarge (at your own risk :D)
Some kind of ant.
Centipede
HUGE wood cockroaches. These guys blended in with the tree bark and were about two to three inches long.
I don't know what these were but I found their healthy food choice interesting :)
Update: Thanks to my friend George, this is a millipede.
First I have to say insects of all kinds give me the creeps. I have been to the insect area of the SF zoo before and taken photos but due to the lighting they rarely come out well enough to post. Today, however was different. I was in there alone for a while and had to admit I felt very uneasy. Even though all of these species were behind glass I kept having visions of being somehow locked in there at night with all of these creepy crawlers surrounding me. I did have some great ideas for a horror movie :)
My two questions this week are:
1. Are you afraid or uneasy around insects?
2. Do you have an insect zoo or museum in your area?
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Comments
2) I don't think we have an insect museum or zoo in our area. But it could be that I avoid knowing that they exist :-)
and photographing them is perhaps the best way of overcomming your fear!!!
I can't stand centipedes, or cockroaches,but some people just love them!!Good shots!
Gee, I couldn't tell you if we have a museum or not. It's something I wouldn't visit, though. I don't like pests. I kill them every chance I get, especially in the house.
I didn't know there was an insect zoo in San Fran, it would be interesting to see.
Betchai, exactly, that was very strange to see. I'm going to be inspecting the items in my produce market a little more closely from now on :D
Carmen LOL you're hilarious.
Breathtaking, Thanks but I don't know I'll be overcoming my fear anytime soon :)
Cathy, Our zoo here has many different exhibits within it's confines and this is one of them so I do go in occasionally. I do get spiders from time to time in the house and it creeps me out as well.
Amanda, if you ever come up here you should check it out. I'll go with you but sit outside :D
I don't really like being around bugs unleess they are contained.
And I am uncertain if we have a bug museum or not.
Aloha!