Athrylith y Wasg X

This one is just too easy. The billboard is on I-35 south of Burleson, Tecsas.

I don’t know the true provenance of this image, but it came my way from Omar Bocanegra via Mike Quinn on the Texas Lepidoptera list-serv.

Anghenfilod Muppet

Yr wyf yn baglu ar (nid ar stumbleupon) y delweddau SEM lliw hyn ar dudalen we'r Telegraph heddiw. Rwy'n hoff iawn o'r ddelwedd hon o larfa Calliphoridae yn arbennig (Protophormia sp.) mae hynny'n ymddangos yn fwy allan o ffilm ffuglen wyddonol gradd C na natur. Mae'n fy atgoffa o gymeriad Star Wars freakish a Muppet ar yr un peth . . . → Darllen Mwy: Anghenfilod Muppet

Porn Glöynnod Byw

Here is a hill-topping male Papilio zeliacon, or Anise swallowtail. This butterfly is widespread in the western Pacific states and is probably much more common than it once was. After the introduction of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare), and subsequent escape from horticulture, the anise swallowtail took hold as a common California butterfly. Perhaps before this . . . → Darllen Mwy: Porn Glöynnod Byw

Oes, Rhaid i Weriniaethwyr Casáu Fi Hefyd.

Over on Myrmecos Alex Wild just brought to my attention a rather personal attack from a pair of republican senators (Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and John McCain, R-Ariz). Once again I started to comment, but given how close to home this hits, I felt a longer winded diatribe approaching

Yn ôl pob tebyg, my job is a giant waste . . . → Darllen Mwy: Oes, Rhaid i Weriniaethwyr Casáu Fi Hefyd.

Newyddion dibwrpas, y tro hwn o Natur

Yn ffres oddi ar ddesg y Nature News mae nodwedd sy'n ystyried byd heb fosgitos (neu -bysedd traed). Sut mae hyn yn newyddion? Efallai bod rhywfaint o reolaeth fector newydd y mae angen i ni i gyd glywed amdano! Wel, edrychwch ar yr erthygl o'r rhifyn diweddaraf o Natur dan y teitl “Byd Heb Mosgitos“. Deuthum yn wreiddiol . . . → Darllen Mwy: Newyddion dibwrpas, y tro hwn o Natur

Dylwn i ddechrau codi tâl

iawn, efallai nad. Ond i ddim yn cael ychydig yn genfigennus pan ddes ar draws yr erthygl hon lle wnes i ddarganfod yn San Francisco artist lleol sy'n codi tâl $60 pop i “pryfed lledaenu dosbarthiadau”. Tybed faint o wir yn arddangos i fyny i'r dosbarth misol? Mae hyn yn unig mewn, Chris Grinter yn cynnig pryfed lledaenu . . . → Darllen Mwy: Dylwn i ddechrau codi tâl

Genius of the Press IX

Just about time for another volume of Genius of the Press. Who will be first to spot the error here? Roddwyd, the information section of the california flat rate moving website is not exactly a source of top notch journalism

Y tro hwn, gyda gwyfyn

Here are a few more images from my recent northern road trip, this time from western Idaho. Right outside the town of New Meadows were fields of flowers thick with life. It was some of the best day collecting I’ve done in years, and fellow road tripper Peter Jump and I discovered this . . . → Darllen Mwy: Y tro hwn, gyda gwyfyn

The only bar in town

In eastern Lassen county, on the vast high juniper hills of the California-Nevada border, there are herds ofwildhorses, sheep and cattle. Par for the course, the only flowering plant around was horehound (Marrubium vulgare). Despite the non-native flora and (semi)mega-fauna, the insects were still at home. Being the only nectar source, the small . . . → Darllen Mwy: The only bar in town

Western Arizona

A few months ago I was out collecting in western Arizona and failed to follow through with any images or updates on that trip. Wel, it was a success and well worth the miles to get there! I was searching for a Crambid moth in the mountains of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge (special thanks . . . → Darllen Mwy: Western Arizona