Genius of the Press 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.

Sou entènèt jwèt Muppet monstr

Mwen bite sou (pa sou stumbleupon) these colored SEM images on the Telegraph webpage today. Mwen espesyalman renmen imaj sa a nan yon lav Calliphoridae (Protophormia sp.) ki sanble plis soti nan yon fim syans fiksyon C-rated pase lanati. It reminds me of both a freakish Star Wars character and a Muppet at the same . . . → Li piplis: Sou entènèt jwèt Muppet monstr

Papiyon pònografi

Here is a hill-topping male Papilio zeliacon, oswa Anis swallowtail. Papiyon sa a gaye toupatou nan eta Pasifik lwès yo e li pwobableman pi komen pase sa li te ye. Apre entwodiksyon de fenouy (Fenouy komen), ak chape ki vin apre soti nan ortikol, Anis swallowtail la te pran kòm yon papiyon Kalifòni komen. Perhaps before this . . . → Li piplis: Papiyon pònografi

Wi, Repibliken Dwe Rayi Mwen Tou.

Plis pase sou Myrmecos Alex Wild jis pote nan atansyon mwen yon atak olye pèsonèl soti nan yon pè nan senatè repibliken (Tom Coburn, R-Okla., ak John McCain, R-Ariz). Yon fwa ankò mwen te kòmanse fè kòmantè, men yo bay ki jan fèmen nan kay sa a frape, Mwen te santi yon dyatrib ki pi long ki t ap pwoche…

Aparamman, travay mwen se yon fatra jeyan . . . → Li piplis: Wi, Repibliken Dwe Rayi Mwen Tou.

Nouvèl san sans, fwa sa a soti nan Lanati

Fresh off biro a Nature News se yon karakteristik k ap reflechi sou yon mond san moustik (oswa -zòtèy). Kòman nouvèl sa ye? Petèt gen kèk nouvo kontwòl vektè nou tout bezwen tande sou! Oke, tcheke atik ki soti nan dènye edisyon Nature ki gen tit “Yon mond san moustik“. I originally came . . . → Li piplis: Nouvèl san sans, fwa sa a soti nan Lanati

Mwen ta dwe kòmanse chaje

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 . . . → Li piplis: Mwen ta dwe kòmanse chaje

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? Akòde, the information section of the california flat rate moving website is not exactly a source of top notch journalism

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 . . . → Li piplis: This time, with a moth

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 . . . → Li piplis: 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. Oke, 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 . . . → Li piplis: Western Arizona