Genius of 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.

Monster Muppet

I stumbled upon (not on stumbleupon) these colored SEM images on the Telegraph webpage today. I especially love this image of a Calliphoridae larva (Protophormia sp.) that seems more out of a C-rated science fiction movie than nature. It reminds me of both a freakish Star Wars character and a Muppet at the same . . . → Baca Lebih: Monster Muppet

Lucah Rama-rama

Here is a hill-topping male Papilio zeliacon, atau walet Anise. Rama-rama ini meluas di negara-negara Pasifik barat dan mungkin jauh lebih biasa daripada dulu. Selepas pengenalan adas (Daucus carota), dan pelarian seterusnya dari hortikultur, burung walet anise dipegang sebagai rama-rama California yang biasa. Perhaps before this . . . → Baca Lebih: Lucah Rama-rama

Ya, Republikan Mesti Benci Saya Terlalu.

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

Rupa-rupanya, my job is a giant waste . . . → Baca Lebih: Ya, Republikan Mesti Benci Saya Terlalu.

Pointless news, this time from Nature

Fresh off the desk of the Nature News is a feature pondering a world without mosquitos (or -toes). How is this news? Perhaps there is some new vector control we all need to hear about! Baik, check out the article from the latest edition of Nature titledA World Without Mosquitoes“. I originally came . . . → Baca Lebih: Pointless news, this time from Nature

I should start charging

okey, 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 . . . → Baca Lebih: I should start charging

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? Diberikan, 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 . . . → Baca Lebih: 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 . . . → Baca Lebih: 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. Baik, 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 . . . → Baca Lebih: Western Arizona