05/27/2026
Cave-dwelling Camel Crickets... really fun to find so many in this cave!
I was thrilled to come across these neat-looking insects on a recent trip down to a favourite spot of mine on Vancouver Island. As a kid I was always into bugs and insects (and anything that moved for that matter) and would be in the garden searching for cool bugs under rocks, and this encounter brought me back to those times. Albeit these crickets are much bigger!
Did you know that crickets molt their skin? It was really cool to see a few of them in that process when I found them too.
This was an unexpected encounter, so of course I had no flash! A little bit of improv with my phone light and I was able to snap a few ok images.
