Of all the insects I hate...

[Bilbo_baggin]

... one of them is the earwig!

Along with centipedes they make my skin crawl and my hand flinch away if they get too close or worse still - on my hand!

Fortunately, this one was on a flower head, and was a good few inches from the danger zone (i.e. if it had landed on me, it wouldn't have survived zone...)


C&C as always.

Exif:

Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 550D
Lens: 105mm
Image Date: 2011-07-24 22:55:30 +0000
Focal Length: 105mm
Aperture: f/13.0
Exposure Time: 0.017 s (1/60)
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: Yes (Auto, return light detected)
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: sRGB
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Photographer: Paul Iddon
Copyright: www.pauliddon.co.uk







Paul.

[chesser]

Great photo Paul, I hate the buggers too, they are everywhere at the moment in the garden, nasty little bleeders

[peterc4]

amazing creatures, i have a colony in my living room, the things they get up to are amazing, the head is a lovely colour, nice work

[Nuvoix]

wow look at the detail in its eyes....and you can see its brains in its head. love it

[blaggard]

They've always made my flesh creep too, good pic, thank God the business end is out of focus!