Prehistoric animals are an astonishingly popular subject for postage stamps, almost always featuring animals never found in the country which issued them, and most of which are really, really terribl… more →
microecosTed C. MacRae wrote 2 weeks ago: Dry sand scrubland on Lakes Wales Ridge in central Florida—home to Cicindela highlandensis and Ellip … more →
Ted C. MacRae wrote 3 months ago: Despite tramping through the brush with great frequency during most of my life, I haven’t real … more →
Ted C. MacRae wrote 3 months ago: This past June might be the most successful month entomologically that I’ve ever had. The exc … more →
Ted C. MacRae wrote 3 months ago: Photo details: Canon 100mm macro lens on Canon EOS 50D, ISO 100, 1/250 sec, f/18, MT-24EX flash 1/2 … more →
Neil wrote 4 months ago: Prehistoric animals are an astonishingly popular subject for postage stamps, almost always featuring … more →
Ted C. MacRae wrote 4 months ago: Hmm, something funny going on here. This is a bug blog – specifically a beetle blog, yet it … more →
Ted C. MacRae wrote 5 months ago: Photo details (first 2 photos): Canon 100mm macro lens on a Canon EOS 50D, ISO 100, 1/250 sec, f/13, … more →
Ted C. MacRae wrote 6 months ago: …now you don’t! In a previous post, I lamented the fact that I had never actually seen a … more →
Ted C. MacRae wrote 9 months ago: No niche, it seems goes unfilled. Specialization is likely to be pushed to bizarre, beautiful extrem … more →
Ted C. MacRae wrote 10 months ago: Joerie, Joerie, botter en brood, as ek jou kry, slaat ek jou dood. Doodlebugs, joerie, shunties, tor … more →
Neil wrote 11 months ago: Much of the chatter around the Latimeria tank at the newly revamped California Academy of Sciences c … more →
Ted C. MacRae wrote 1 year ago: The enormous, cosmopolitan genus Agrilus (family Buprestidae – commonly called jewel beetles o … more →
Buck Denton wrote 1 year ago: Nature is fascinating, and some of Nature’s best work—or evolution rather—is illustrated by a … more →
Dom Hyde wrote 1 year ago: Buck Denton has some great photos of camouflaged critters over at his Can You See Me blog. I’v … more →
Neil wrote 1 year ago: Neil Freeman once hated on the unfortunate appearance of my homely homeland: [paraphrasing] ‘t … more →
Neil wrote 1 year ago: we return, or rather linger, at Snow Jade Cave with this gorgeous cryptic moth, . . . resting just o … more →
Neil wrote 1 year ago: a dead leaf perched outside the lady’s restroom at Snow Jade Cave in Fengdu opens to reveal an … more →
Neil wrote 1 year ago: Mesoplodon traversii – by Jennifer Rae Atkins. The internets are an inspiring place. Inspired … more →
Neil wrote 1 year ago: If you’re hoping to make it into the fossil record, being a small, arboreal insectivore is probably … more →