Genius an Phreasa X

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

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.

Arrachtaigh Muppet

Shiúil mé ar (ní ar stumbleupon) these colored SEM images on the Telegraph webpage today. Is breá liom go háirithe an íomhá seo de larbha Calliphoridae (Protophormia sp.) is cosúil go bhfuil níos mó as scannán ficsean eolaíochta C-rátáil ná nádúr. It reminds me of both a freakish Star Wars character and a Muppet at the same . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Arrachtaigh Muppet

Féileacán porn

Seo zeliacon Papilio fireann cnoc-bearrtha, nó ainís swallowtail. Tá an féileacán forleathan sna stáit an Aigéin Chiúin an iarthair agus is dócha i bhfad níos coitianta ná mar a bhí sé aon uair amháin. Tar éis tabhairt isteach na finéal (Vulgare Foeniculum), agus éalú ina dhiaidh sin ó gairneoireachta, ghlac an swallowtail anise shealbhú mar California féileacán coiteann. B'fhéidir roimhe seo . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Féileacán porn

Is ea, Ní mór Poblachtánaigh fuath liom Me Too.

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

Apparently, my job is a giant waste . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Is ea, Ní mór Poblachtánaigh fuath liom Me Too.

Nuacht gan chiall, an uair seo ó Dúlra

Is gné nua é ó dheasc an Nature News a dhéanann machnamh ar dhomhan gan mosquitos (nó -toes). Conas atá an nuacht seo? B'fhéidir go bhfuil roinnt rialú veicteoireach nua ann nach mór dúinn go léir a chloisteáil! Bhuel, seiceáil an t-alt ón eagrán is déanaí de Nature dar teideal “Domhan gan mosquitoes“. I originally came . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Nuacht gan chiall, an uair seo ó Dúlra

I should start charging

OK, maybe not. But I did get a little jealous when I came across this article where I discovered a local San Francisco artist who is charging $60 a pop forinsect spreading classes”. I wonder how many really show up to the monthly class? This just in, Chris Grinter is offering an insect spreading . . . → Leigh Nios mo: I should start charging

Genius an IX Phreasa

Just faoi am do imleabhar eile de Genius an Phreasa. Cé a bheidh an chéad chun an bhfód earráid anseo? Deonaithe, nach bhfuil an t-alt faisnéis den láithreán gréasáin ráta comhréidh ag gluaiseacht california díreach fhoinse iriseoireacht top notch…

This time, with a moth

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 . . . → Leigh Nios mo: This time, with a moth

An barra ach amháin i mbaile

In oirthear an chontae Lassen, ar na cnoic aitil ard mór na teorann California-Nevada, tá tréada de “fiáin” capaill, caorach agus eallach. Par don chúrsa, bhí an gléasra bláthanna ach timpeall horehound (Marrubium vulgare). In ainneoin na flóra neamh-dúchais agus (leath)mega-fauna, bhí na feithidí fós sa bhaile. Bheith ar an fhoinse neachtar amháin, an beag . . . → Leigh Nios mo: An barra ach amháin i mbaile

Iarthair 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. Bhuel, 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 . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Iarthair Arizona