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A humourous, slightly educational look at the common wildlife around us.
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Dung Beetles - Tasty, Tasty Poo Poo
Dung Beetles have a most unenviable birth place- they begin life in a ball of poo poo (or just plain "poo" for the more refined readers.) I can imagine the following scene when the larvae of the Dung...
Zebra Longhorn - A Longhorn in Alabama
I like this insect. What's not to like? It is big. It has bumblebee colors- yellow and black. It has large orange legs- and giant antannae. And it doesn't bite. Its fuzzy. Its cool.What we have here i...
Golden Tortoise Beetle - A Gold Bug in Alabama
When I was a kid, one of my favorite stories was Edgar Allan Poe's The Gold Bug. It was an exciting story about a golden colored beetle.So imagine my surprise recently when I spied a bright, shimmeri...