Woodlouse at Dawn
The brave woodlouse rides off into the sunrise, leaving the citizens to wonder, “Who was that masked bug?”
This photo was taken in my driveway one morning back in Summer. I like the way the sunlight glints off parts of the shell and suffuses other parts of it with a glow that reveals the flecking in the carapace.
A few folks have pointed out that woodlice aren’t insects, and this is certainly true. I tend more towards “bugs” on this site that members of class Insecta; as it turns out, however, woodlice are really unrelated to insects. They are members of Class Malacostraca, which is part of Subphylum Crustacea. They finally meet up with insects at Phylum Arthropoda. I guess this means I might one day post some pictures of crabs and shrimp… but at least I’m not posting slugs again. 
Slowly getting the site back onto an even keel. It's nice to get back into the old posting rhythm.