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| Squash Bug, Golden Gate Heights |
I saw what I thought was a spider ambling across my pillow this morning. The pillow was naked on the floor since the sheets and pillowcases were in the wash. I went to the kitchen for something to catch the spider in, and I grabbed a pair of glasses to put on while I was at it. Instead of a spider, which we do occasionally see in the house, the creature turned out to be a true bug.
I didn't know what kind of bug it was, but I immediately set out to photograph it, first indoors on a white background, then on a selfheal plant in the back yard, where I set it free. I kicked myself when I finally looked up the bug and found that it is a denizen of squash plants. My neighbor has a wild cucumber slithering its green tendrils all over the place, and I'd love to have photographed it on that actual member of the squash family. (I did look for the bug in our yard to no avail.)
The little fuzzies you see on the bug were no doubt picked up during its journey into our home.
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| Glacier Point Road re-opened today. |
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