{"id":659,"date":"2011-11-02T13:56:08","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T12:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=659"},"modified":"2025-05-17T19:46:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T18:46:45","slug":"photo-bug-eats-millipede","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=659","title":{"rendered":"Photo: Bug Eats Millipede"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I snapped this interesting photo the other day as I was experimenting with some screw-in macro lenses I had gotten in the mail.&nbsp; Here in Namibia, there are millions of millipedes coiled up under rocks, soil, everyplace you dig.&nbsp; So in the course of gardening there are bound to be a few casualties.&nbsp; So this particular dead millipede was discovered by a yet-to-be identified &#8220;bug&#8221; (I think this is the technical term) which was frantically pulling at the millipede to get into its shell, and&#8230;um&#8230;access that sweet, delicious millipede meat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/8603205283_f58399dcea_o.jpg?resize=600%2C382&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/8603205283_f58399dcea_o.jpg?resize=600%2C382&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/8603205283_f58399dcea_o.jpg?resize=300%2C191&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/8603205283_f58399dcea_o.jpg?resize=768%2C488&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/8603205283_f58399dcea_o.jpg?resize=1536%2C977&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/8603205283_f58399dcea_o.jpg?resize=2048%2C1302&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;So I snapped the photo, and it&nbsp;wasn&#8217;t until later that I discovered the black and yellow bug has what appears to be a &#8220;free rider&#8221; on its back.&nbsp; Is that a tick?&nbsp; Or is it one of its own young?&nbsp; Any southern African entomology experts out there who have any ideas?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/8604174474_103cde604b_o.jpg?resize=600%2C393&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/8604174474_103cde604b_o.jpg?resize=600%2C393&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/8604174474_103cde604b_o.jpg?resize=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/8604174474_103cde604b_o.jpg?resize=768%2C503&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/8604174474_103cde604b_o.jpg?w=1353&amp;ssl=1 1353w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I snapped this interesting photo the other day as I was experimenting with some screw-in macro lenses I had gotten in the mail.&nbsp; 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