{"id":9612,"date":"2011-10-31T17:37:41","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T00:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=9612"},"modified":"2011-10-31T17:37:41","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T00:37:41","slug":"earwig-momma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/10\/31\/earwig-momma\/","title":{"rendered":"Earwig Momma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While watering some milkweed plants today I moved an empty pot and discovered this earwig watching over her nest of eggs. Since I didn&#8217;t want to disturb her I ran inside to get my giant, menacing, black glass eye (camera with macro lens) so I could get about an inch away from her. To her credit she wouldn&#8217;t run away. She was there to protect her babies. And be a model.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Earwig-with-Eggs-10-31-11-lo-res.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[9612]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9613\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/10\/31\/earwig-momma\/earwig-with-eggs-10-31-11-lo-res\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Earwig-with-Eggs-10-31-11-lo-res.jpg?fit=720%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;14&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D70&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1320064198&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Earwig with Eggs 10-31-11 lo-res\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Earwig-with-Eggs-10-31-11-lo-res.jpg?fit=570%2C380&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9613\" title=\"Earwig with Eggs 10-31-11 lo-res\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Earwig-with-Eggs-10-31-11-lo-res-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Earwig-with-Eggs-10-31-11-lo-res.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Earwig-with-Eggs-10-31-11-lo-res.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While watering some milkweed plants today I moved an empty pot and discovered this earwig watching over her nest of eggs. Since I didn&#8217;t want to disturb her I ran inside to get my giant, menacing, black glass eye (camera with macro lens) so I could get about an inch away from her. 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