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Moustached Tiger Beetle12 comments

Ted C. MacRae wrote 2 weeks ago: Dry sand scrubland on Lakes Wales Ridge in central Florida—home to Cicindela highlandensis and Ellip … more →

Tags: Coleoptera, Ellipsoptera, Cicindelidia, Entomology, Taxonomy, Beetles, tiger beetles, Landscapes, Florida

North America's smallest rattlesnake20 comments

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 →

Tags: vertebrata, glades, herpetology, Missouri, North America's most..., predator avoidance, snakes, Taxonomy

North America's longest insect20 comments

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 →

Tags: Phasmatodea, Phasmatidae, glades, Entomology, Missouri, walkingsticks, predator avoidance, North America's most..., autotomy

North America's smallest cicada12 comments

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 →

Tags: Cicadidae, Hemiptera, Prairies, Entomology, Missouri, Loess HIlls, cicadas, predator avoidance, North America's most...

GET BACK TO WORK!!1 comment

Neil wrote 4 months ago: Prehistoric animals are an astonishingly popular subject for postage stamps, almost always featuring … more →

Tags: homiculture

North America's most bizarre lizard28 comments

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 →

Tags: vertebrata, Behavior, Conservation, herpetology, lizards, North America's most..., Oklahoma, Prairies, predator avoidance

The "obscure" Dicerca10 comments

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 →

Tags: Coleoptera, buprestidae, Dicerca, Entomology, Beetles, jewel beetles, Oklahoma, predator avoidance

Now you see me...12 comments

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 →

Tags: neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae, Prairies, Techniques, Entomology, Antlions, Missouri, predator avoidance, immatures

Bizarre, beautiful extremes8 comments

Ted C. MacRae wrote 9 months ago: No niche, it seems goes unfilled. Specialization is likely to be pushed to bizarre, beautiful extrem … more →

Tags: Membracidae, Hemiptera, Insect Collection, South Africa, Entomology, Taxonomy, Mimicry, treehoppers, bugs

Lions in South Africa9 comments

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 →

Tags: neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae, South Africa, Entomology, Antlions, predator avoidance, immatures

Left Behind

Neil wrote 11 months ago: Much of the chatter around the Latimeria tank at the newly revamped California Academy of Sciences c … more →

Tags: Life, Evolution, fall rites

Two new species of Agrilus from Mexico4 comments

Ted C. MacRae wrote 1 year ago: The enormous, cosmopolitan genus Agrilus (family Buprestidae – commonly called jewel beetles o … more →

Tags: Coleoptera, buprestidae, Plantae, Agrilus, Literature, Entomology, Taxonomy, New Species, Beetles

CAN YOU SEE ME? | ANIMAL CAMOUFLAGE: Leaf mimics171 comments

Buck Denton wrote 1 year ago: Nature is fascinating, and some of Nature’s best work—or evolution rather—is illustrated by a … more →

Tags: Biology, Nature, Animal Camouflage, Camouflage, Can You See Me? | Animal Camouflage, Dead Leaf Butterfly, Dead Leaf Mantis, Dying Leaf-Mimic Katydid, Evolution

animal camouflage1 comment

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 →

Tags: Camouflage, Camo, camouflage design, Concealment, Mimicry, deception, Fish, Animal Camouflage, Chameleon

Golden State Blues

Neil wrote 1 year ago: Neil Freeman once hated on the unfortunate appearance of my homely homeland: [paraphrasing] ‘t … more →

Tags: Life, Evolution, symbionts, earthworks, dog daze, California, Exotic, Grass, landscape

Hiding in Plain Sight

Neil wrote 1 year ago: we return, or rather linger, at Snow Jade Cave with this gorgeous cryptic moth, . . . resting just o … more →

Tags: Life, Insects, arthropods, lepidopterans

Containing multitudes...

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 →

Tags: Life, arthropods, dog daze, Insects

To Call a Spade a Spade.2 comments

Neil wrote 1 year ago: Mesoplodon traversii – by Jennifer Rae Atkins. The internets are an inspiring place. Inspired … more →

Tags: Life, mammals, Cetaceans, dog daze, Evolution, tetrapods, vertebrates

Enigmatic Triassic Hellasaur Thursday: Part the, um fourth?, Kyrgyz Kameleon4 comments

Neil wrote 1 year ago: If you’re hoping to make it into the fossil record, being a small, arboreal insectivore is probably … more →

Tags: Birds, Life, arthropods, convergence, Evolution, exaptation, Insects, origins of flight, spring rites


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