This one is just too easy. The billboard is on I-35 south of Burleson, טעקסאַס.
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.
 6 באַמערקונגען - (באַמערקונגען זענען פֿאַרמאַכט)  ענטאָמאָלאָגי  באַטערפלייז, קאַלעקטינג, הומאָר, לעפּידאָפּטעראַ, מידיאַ 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 . . . → לייענען מער: Muppet Monsters שער דעם!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 . . . → לייענען מער: Butterfly Porn שער דעם! 5 באַמערקונגען - (באַמערקונגען זענען פֿאַרמאַכט) ענטאָמאָלאָגי באַטערפלייז, קאַנסערוויישאַן, ענטאָמאָלאָגי, Extinct Species, לעפּידאָפּטעראַ 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… משמעות, my job is a giant waste . . . → לייענען מער: יאָ, Republicans Must Hate Me Too. שער דעם! באַמערקונגען זענען פֿאַרמאַכט ענטאָמאָלאָגי, סקעפּטיסיזאַם ענטאָמאָלאָגי, לאַדזשיקאַל פאַלאַסיז, מידיאַ, סודאָוסייאַנס, רעפובליקאנער, סקעפּטיסיזאַם 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! געזונט, check out the article from the latest edition of Nature titled “A World Without Mosquitoes“. I originally came . . . → לייענען מער: Pointless news, this time from Nature שער דעם! 4 באַמערקונגען - (באַמערקונגען זענען פֿאַרמאַכט) ענטאָמאָלאָגי, סקעפּטיסיזאַם ענטאָמאָלאָגי, געזונטהייַט, מאַלאַריאַ, מידיאַ, מאַסקיטאָוז, סקעפּטיסיזאַם קעשורע, 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 . . . → לייענען מער: I should start charging שער דעם!Just about time for another volume of Genius of the Press. Who will be first to spot the error here? געגעבן, the information section of the california flat rate moving website is not exactly a source of top notch journalism… שער דעם! 6 באַמערקונגען - (באַמערקונגען זענען פֿאַרמאַכט) ענטאָמאָלאָגי קאָנקורס, ענטאָמאָלאָגי, הומאָר, מידיאַ 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 . . . → לייענען מער: This time, with a moth שער דעם! 3 באַמערקונגען - (באַמערקונגען זענען פֿאַרמאַכט) ענטאָמאָלאָגי באַטערפלייז, דנאַ, ענטאָמאָלאָגי, לעפּידאָפּטעראַ, מאָטס 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 . . . → לייענען מער: The only bar in town שער דעם! 6 באַמערקונגען - (באַמערקונגען זענען פֿאַרמאַכט) ענטאָמאָלאָגי באַטערפלייז, קאַנסערוויישאַן, ענטאָמאָלאָגי, לעפּידאָפּטעראַ A few months ago I was out collecting in western Arizona and failed to follow through with any images or updates on that trip. געזונט, 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 . . . → לייענען מער: Western Arizona שער דעם! 3 באַמערקונגען - (באַמערקונגען זענען פֿאַרמאַכט) ענטאָמאָלאָגי אַריזאָנאַ, קאַלעקטינג, ענטאָמאָלאָגי, מאָטס |
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