Temporary rose citizen

I bought a particularly beautiful rose in to photograph and noticed there was a family in situ! Aren't we glad these earwigs don't get in our ears?

Three good things:
1. The family was refused citizenship.
2. Macro scares me sometimes!
3 I do know I am bigger than a lot of bugs! And smarter!

[Kerri]

Very cool

[Gena Pegg]

eeeeew!! Great shot and color...but eeeeww!!!

[Rick Schies]

Oh that would drive you insane pretty quickly

[Tony]

Fantastic macro capture, great detail and brilliant colour.

[Taffy]

Eeek -- great capture, but not something I'd want to find in flowers in our house!

[Vee]

That bug would be sorry if he got near my ears! :)

[Sandy]

Oh my goodness. Great macro.

[Cathy]

Fabulous macro here Maggie.... great find

[Alice Burghart]

oh my. Great macro but sure don't like the looks of that bug.

[Jan K]

Fabulous macro, Maggiemae - not so keen on earwigs, though. I often find them in my roses, too. Ick.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Super but I have a great revulsion towards earwigs !!

[Keri]

Awesome - macro scares me too!

[Leana Niemand]

Oh wow, this is a great shot and I very pleased it is not in my ear!!!

[Yao RL]

You made it a monster. Congratulations on being on top 20!

[Maggiemae]

@yaorenliu thank you, Yao -nice to hear that!

[Karen]

eeeeew!! Great shot and color!

[Claire]

So glad it was refused citizenship! It looks very scary no matter how big I am

[❀ Lynn]

eewwww...that is the one bug that absolutely gives me the creepy crawlies!!

[katy]

Eww! What a great detailed shot, though!

[Jennifer]

Ugh! But great shot, love the colours.

[The Mysterious Mr Biscuit]

How is the first good thing good? There must be a story here...

[Heidi Parnell]

ooh i'm not sure about him, he looks a bit mean, well captured though :)

[Harry J Benson]

beautiful colour and capture

[Pat Knowles]

Ah here you are...had to scroll down for ever to reach you! Just look at those nippers...who wouldn't be worried about those things. Not keen on earwigs myself & they move too fast for me!

[Maggiemae]

@kaesebiscuit I'm talking about the family of earwigs that was in the centre of the rosé, Mr B!

[Yvonne]

Beautiful rose, but I am not a fan of earwigs--not at all!!! Macro is amazing--I see things I can never see with my own eyes ; )

[Stephanie Swift]

Great macro, but I do find that earwigs have a rather strong "ew" factor for me. I once cut a peach in half, planning to eat it--the inside was swarming with them.

[Terry]

such a good close up

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Not something I'd like to see in my rose!

[Tessa]

I dont like earwigs they just eat all my seedlings.

[Nikki C]

Hate earwigs. Never thought to photograph one.

[Darlene]

This will keep me awake at night. Great shot and love your title. Looks huge but I know it is not, right?

[Bev]

Amazing shot! I'd have tossed the rose outside and left it. I can't stand insects in my house. Even though you captured it nicely, it is still creepy.

[Maggiemae]

@prttblues There were too many earwigs in this rose - it went down the garbage disposal before the earwigs found out how to multiply!