This one is just too easy. The billboard is on I-35 south of Burleson, Тексас.
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.
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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 . . . → Прочитајте више: Muppet Monsters Подели ово!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 . . . → Прочитајте више: Butterfly Porn Подели ово! 5 Коментари - (Коментари су затворени)  Ентомологија  Лептири, Конзервација, Ентомологија, Extinct Species, Лепидоптера 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… Изгледа, my job is a giant waste . . . → Прочитајте више: Да, Republicans Must Hate Me Too. Подели ово! Коментари су затворени Ентомологија, Скептицизам Ентомологија, Логички заблуде, Медиј, Псеудонаука, Републиканац, Скептицизам Свеже са стола на природе вест је функција размишљајући свет без комараца (или -тоес). Како је ово вест? Можда постоји неки нови контролни вектор ми сви треба да чују о! Добро, погледајте чланак из најновијем издању природе под називом “Свет без комараца“. Ја првобитно дошао . . . → Прочитајте више: Бесмислено вести, овај пут из природе Подели ово! 4 Коментари - (Коментари су затворени) Ентомологија, Скептицизам Ентомологија, Здравље, Маларија, Медиј, Комарци, Скептицизам У реду, 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 for “insect spreading classes”. I wonder how many really show up to the monthly class? This just in, Chris Grinter is offering an insect spreading . . . → Прочитајте више: I should start charging Подели ово!Just about time for another volume of Genius of the Press. Who will be first to spot the error here? Одобрено, the information section of the california flat rate moving website is not exactly a source of top notch journalism… Подели ово!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 . . . → Прочитајте више: This time, with a moth Подели ово!In eastern Lassen county, on the vast high juniper hills of the California-Nevada border, there are herds of “wild” horses, 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 . . . → Прочитајте више: The only bar in town Подели ово! 6 Коментари - (Коментари су затворени) Ентомологија Лептири, Конзервација, Ентомологија, Лепидоптера A few months ago I was out collecting in western Arizona and failed to follow through with any images or updates on that trip. Добро, 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 . . . → Прочитајте више: Western Arizona Подели ово! |
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