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The "obscure" Dicerca10 comments

Ted C. MacRae wrote 1 month ago: Photo details (first 2 photos): Canon 100mm macro lens on a Canon EOS 50D, ISO 100, 1/250 sec, f/13, … more →

Tags: buprestidae, Coleoptera, Beetles, Entomology, jewel beetles, Nature, Oklahoma

Now you see me...12 comments

Ted C. MacRae wrote 2 months ago: …now you don’t! In a previous post, I lamented the fact that I had never actually seen … more →

Tags: neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae, Prairies, Techniques, Entomology, Antlions, Nature, Missouri

Lions in South Africa9 comments

Ted C. MacRae wrote 5 months ago: Joerie, Joerie, botter en brood, as ek jou kry, slaat ek jou dood. Doodlebugs, joerie, shunties, tor … more →

Tags: Myrmeleontidae, neuroptera, Antlions, Entomology, Nature, South Africa

Left Behind

Neil wrote 6 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 7 months ago: The enormous, cosmopolitan genus Agrilus (family Buprestidae – commonly called jewel beetles o … more →

Tags: Coleoptera, buprestidae, Plants, Literature, Entomology, Taxonomy, New Species, Beetles, jewel beetles

CAN YOU SEE ME? | ANIMAL CAMOUFLAGE: Leaf mimics163 comments

Buck Denton wrote 8 months 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 9 months ago: Buck Denton has some great photos of camouflaged critters over at his Can You See Me blog. I’v … more →

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

Golden State Blues

Neil wrote 11 months ago: Neil Freeman once hated on the unfortunate appearance of my homely homeland: [paraphrasing] ‘ … more →

Tags: dog daze, earthworks, Evolution, Life, symbionts, Birds, California, development, Exotic

Hiding in Plain Sight

Neil wrote 11 months ago: we return, or rather linger, at Snow Jade Cave with this gorgeous cryptic moth, . . . resting just … more →

Tags: arthropods, Insects, lepidopterans, Life

Containing multitudes...

Neil wrote 11 months ago: a dead leaf perched outside the lady’s restroom at Snow Jade Cave in Fengdu opens to reveal … more →

Tags: Life, Insects, dog daze, arthropods

To Call a Spade a Spade.2 comments

Neil wrote 11 months ago: Mesoplodon traversii – by Jennifer Rae Atkins. The internets are an inspiring place. Inspir … more →

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

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

Enigmatic Triassic Hellasaur Thursday - Part the first2 comments

Neil wrote 1 year ago: The Triassic Period (ca. 250 – 200 million years ago) is familiar to most as the “dawn o … more →

Tags: Evolution, spring rites

Woah.3 comments

Neil wrote 1 year ago: Crazy story in Science Daily today about a paper recently published in the Bulletin of the Society o … more →

Tags: animatronics, carnage, exaptation, Geology, History of Science, homiculture, Life, redonkulusness, Umm

So Long and Thanks for Nothing, Assholes. 1 comment

Neil wrote 1 year ago:   The Baiji is dead. Long live the Baiji. Actually, this is kind of old news, but newly publi … more →

Tags: Life, tetrapods, vertebrates, carnage, mammals

Decimating Birds: Episode VI – To Tell a Titmouse

Neil wrote 2 years ago: Let’s set aside strange phallic flowers and take up small gray birds with snicker-inducing … more →

Tags: Life, Evolution, History of Science, Birds, Dinosaurs, Martyrdom, Memetics, vertebrates, spring rites

BBB.3 - The Log

Neil wrote 2 years ago: Date: April 22nd, 2007 Time: 2:30 PM PDT Location: A log, in my backyard (again) in Village Homes, … more →

Tags: Life, Insects, symbionts, spring rites, molluscs, arachnids, homiculture

Around the sun with microecos2 comments

Neil wrote 2 years ago: Yesterday marks the 365th day of this blog. Perhaps we can indulge just a bit of shameless autometa … more →

Tags: Life, Memetics, spring rites, homiculture

Snatch Bat2 comments

Neil wrote 2 years ago: Habilidades Força: +7; Combate: +3; Esquiva: 2½; Salto: +11; Natação: +3; Furtividade: +5; Corr … more →

Tags: Life, vertebrates, mesoamericana, carnage, Mimesis


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