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Cirque du Vert :: Volume 1 - July 25, 2008
EnviroHumanImpact | July 25th 2008 by Matthew Philip
Check out our first edition of Cirque du Vert :: Circus of the Green! Highlights include: A 100 MPG SUV, Get Rid of Ants without Pesticides, Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy, and Coal vs. Wind in the Appalachian Mountains read more
Male Swallowtail
Visual Thoughts | July 25th 2008 by D L Ennis
This is only the third male swallowtail that I have seen this year…I’ve seen maybe a dozen females. I don’t know what has happened to them this year unless it is related to the multiple heavy rains we had this spring. 2008 D L Ennis, All rights read more
Bees Go 'Off-color' When They Are Sickly
Delivery Biology Room Daily | July 25th 2008 by Nannaphat Chowmuangnon
Bumble-bees go 'off colour' and can't remember which flowers have the most nectar when they are feeling under the weather, a new study from the University of Leicester reveals.The behaviour of the bumbling bees reveals that, like humans who are ill, read more
Weekly High Five #9
Welcome to the Photo-Africa Blog | July 25th 2008 by Gerry
Africa is a place that touches your soul. You get addicted to the savage beauty of the wild land that shows us a small, unspoiled bit of the earth as it used to be a long time ago.To have the privilege of capturing the aesthetic wonders is an amazin read more
Gorgeous Butterflies
E-CHATHOST | July 24th 2008 by e-chathost
Image via WikipediaA butterfly is an insect of the order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera, butterflies are notable for their unusual life cycle with a larval caterpillar stage, an inactive pupal stage, and a spectacular metamorphosis into a familiar read more
Border Patrol Bots!
zedomax.com - blog about DIYs and Review on reviews of gadge… | July 22nd 2008 by Max Lee
Well, it wasn’t too long ago that BAE systems were rumored to work on insect-like robots for the military. Now, BAE systems have developed Border Patrol Bots that can go under trucks, equipped with sensors, and practically allow travelers to read more
WTF - Man Blows Up Apartment Spraying For Bugs!
whatthefuckblog | July 22nd 2008
NEW YORK, July 21 (Reuters) - A New Jersey man trying to exterminate insects in his apartment blew it up instead, the New York Daily News reported on Monday. Isias Vidal Maceda was unhurt in the incident, but 80 percent of his apartment was destroye read more
Green Bug On A Pod
Nature's Wallpaper | July 22nd 2008 by 1greenthumb
If you can identify this bug please do so in the comments below. The pod that it is resting on is a Pink Butterfly Plant.View A Similar ShotOrSomething Different read more
butterfly
Guillaume Dauphin Photography | July 22nd 2008 by guillaume dauphin
Still trying to learn how to use my macro lens, its a tough one but in good conditions (without wind) I'm starting to be able to produce nice shots. here a butterfly resting read more
guilt-free
That Lonely Road | July 20th 2008 by Dawn
i've just finished posting my last post when another one came in. i'm not sure if it's the one we tricked to go to the kitchen or if it's a new one. my brother killed it. i don't feel any guilt. i'm pissed.and oh, i've just removed a daddy long legs read more
more on insects
That Lonely Road | July 20th 2008 by Dawn
on my previous post remember i've mentioned that there were two bees in my room and one outside my window? well, with a blink of an eye, there were three bees in my room and no more buzzing on my window. i bet those bees are magicians, i really don't read more
insect infestation
That Lonely Road | July 20th 2008 by Dawn
what's up with these insects and my room? do they really love hanging out here? maybe i've posted an advertisement somewhere wherein i said that all insects can come and visit me, or can lodge in my room during the rainy season, but i really can't re read more
ann p smith’s robot sculptures: upcylcled wonders
technabob - latest tech news gadgets home theater hdtv video… | July 20th 2008
Got a bunch of old electronic parts lying around? While they might end up in the trash heap for many of us, artist Ann P. Smith sees new life in old junk. Smith takes broken down electronics and machine parts to create her amazing menagerie of anima read more
Black-waved Flannel Moth (Megalopyge crispata)
Nature in the Ozarks | July 20th 2008 by Marvin
So you think you're having a bad hair day?Above is a Black-waved Flannel Moth caterpillar. These moths and their caterpillars are found throughout eastern North America in deciduous forests. The caterpillars of all members of this genus (Megalopy read more
AMERINDIAN ACTIVIST TOUTS ALTERNATIVE TO PESTICIDES FOR CONTROLLI…
Bajan Reporter | July 20th 2008 by Ian Bourne
Popular Barbadian snake-hunter and founder of the Caribbean Herpetological Society Damon Corrie, has an offer that he thinks all Bajan Poultry and Agricultural farmers, exterminating companies & especially the new David Thompson administration - read more
Five Monarch Butterflies
Tattoo Pictures | July 19th 2008 by kabalweg
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Mysterious New Insect Bumfuzzles Brits
Zooillogix - Don't Stick Your Fingers in the Cage | July 17th 2008 by Andrew Bleiman
Brits of all shapes and sizes have been spitting out mouth fulls of tea and shepherd's pie at the announcement that a strange unidentified insect seems to be running rampant across England, including London. The black and red bug resembles the Ar read more
Sand Wasp
Daily Art ( mas o menos) | July 17th 2008 by drb
This morning, watched a sand wasp dig a hole in the sand, then fill it again.The sand from digging is mounded by behind the insect. read more
A week of fog, trains, bugs & a flower
Tom Nanos' Railroad Photography Blog | July 16th 2008 by Tom Nanos
Yeah, a little behind again. Work & family stuff have their way of getting in the way of blogging… But that’s OK - at least I’ve got a quick chance to catch up. Oh, yeah, and I tweaked the blog software a bit - specifically i read more
Flies & time
The Hermitage | July 16th 2008 by Rima
THIS MORNING on tottering downstairs towards the morning cup of tea, I found a drowning fly flapping for his upside-down little life in the dregs of last night's hot chocolate cup. So I scooped him out on a fingertip and sat with him on my hand for s read more
Bee Assassin (Apiomerus crassipes)
Nature in the Ozarks | July 15th 2008 by Marvin
Bee Assassin (Apiomerus crassipes)Unlike many assassin bugs, Bee Assassins are good fliers. They also have sticky hairs on their front legs which help them secure their prey. It is probably for these reasons that the name "Bee Assassin" was bestowed read more
Insects Use Plants Like A Telephone
Delivery Biology Room Daily | July 14th 2008 by Nannaphat Chowmuangnon
Dutch ecologist Roxina Soler and her colleagues have discovered that subterranean and aboveground herbivorous insects can communicate with each other by using plants as telephones. Subterranean insects issue chemical warning signals via the leaves of read more
smiling dragon, pointing stick. [Flickr]
baby-faith | July 13th 2008 by holli
hollibobolli posted a photo: Faith and I spent an evening watching two dragonflies playing in an area we nicknamed "dragonfly cove." Every single time we walked over - lo and behold, our friends were flitting around from flower to flower read more
Beautiful Butterfly
Tattoo Pictures | July 13th 2008 by kabalweg
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Insect Warning Colors Aid Cancer And Tropical Disease Drug Discov…
Delivery Biology Room Daily | July 13th 2008 by Nannaphat Chowmuangnon
Brightly colored beetles or butterfly larvae nibbling on a plant may signal the presence of chemical compounds active against cancer cell lines and tropical parasitic diseases, according to researchers at Smithsonian's Tropical Research Institute in read more
Capital Hill Rocked by Insect Porn Bust
The Army of Epiphenomenon | July 13th 2008 by Thaddeus Stanley
Report by Hal Severson, WI ChapterLate Saturday, federal agents raided the offices of fourteen House and Senate members following a two year investigation focusing on illegal insect pornography. The investigation implicated over 200 suspects includi read more
Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus)
Nature in the Ozarks | July 12th 2008 by Marvin
. Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus) This largest species of assassin bug can be found throughout most of North America. The "wheel" on the adult insect's back is unmistakable (see photo below). Immature nymphs are mostly red. Adults are gr read more
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