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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/111744

cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/723334816014531775

I suppose I like Walz, too, but how is it going to feel listening to him trying to justify sending more weapons to Israel?

Anyway, here are a pair of sand fleas my kid and her cousins found at the beach.

#macro #beach #FireIsland #crustacean #WeWantWalz #FreePalestine

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago (3 children)

We always called those "sand crabs" and these sand fleas image

Those are also called "sand flies," and they actually bite and suck blood and stuff. The things linked really are little crabs - we used to fish with them.

[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Hated those in Virginia. We'd call them horse flies, but we just called any fly that bites a horse fly.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You know, on the page I found it, it says it's a sand fly, but I think you're right. Sand flys are really small, and I'm not sure I've seen a magnified version of them. Looking for other images, I think this is really one and the other is mislabeled: image

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Isn’t that a Little Fly?

[–] CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 3 points 1 month ago

Looks kind of like what I used to call horse flies.