![fuckyeahmoths:
Alsophila aescularia (March Moth)
from the photographer’s blog:
Some moths have developed some extraordinary strategies as a result of the climatic challenges during early spring. Cold weather and absence of food forces the moths to spend their energy resources with concern. To save energy some species (only females) produce only vestigial wings. Instead they allocate these resources to egg production.
In [Alsophila aescularia] the female has no wings at all. This feature, combined with the hairy abdomen, distinguishes it from other flightless females.
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Alsophila aescularia (March Moth)
from the photographer’s blog:
Some moths have developed some extraordinary strategies as a result of the climatic challenges during early spring. Cold weather and absence of food forces the moths to spend their energy resources with concern. To save energy some species (only females) produce only vestigial wings. Instead they allocate these resources to egg production.
In [Alsophila aescularia] the female has no wings at all. This feature, combined with the hairy abdomen, distinguishes it from other flightless females.
今の梅干、ベーコンは減塩で作られているので保存食にあらず
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以前、ある生物学の大家がゴキブリのあまりの横行に、「人類のあと地球を継承するのはゴキブリであろう」との新説を唱えたことがあります。
しかし、決してそうはならないでしょう。試しに、冬のさなかに数日間暖房を切って窓を開けておけばゴキブリは全滅します。それが彼らの本来の姿です。
しかし、決してそうはならないでしょう。試しに、冬のさなかに数日間暖房を切って窓を開けておけばゴキブリは全滅します。それが彼らの本来の姿です。
Only in America do we declare wars on ideas. The war on communism, the war on poverty, the war on drugs, and now the war on terror—last I checked, we haven’t won any of those. You can’t declare war on an idea. Ideas are hard to kill.
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| — | Seymour Hersh |
Repost: Answer!
This handsome is Wedge-Shaped Beetle (Family: Ripiphoridae, Genus: Ripiphorus) male.
* The family Ripiphoridae (formerly spelled Rhipiphoridae) is a cosmopolitan group of beetles commonly known as wedge-shaped beetles containing some 450 species. They are one of the most unusual beetle families, in that they are parasitoids—different groups within the family attack different hosts, but most are associated with bees or vespid wasps, while some others are associated with roaches. They often have abbreviated elytra, and branched antennae. (Wikipedia)
Read more : http://www.tightloop.com/ants/rhipiphorid.htm
and http://eol.org/pages/8609/overview
Let’s play the game! Who is this guy?
(photo by adegsm@ on Flickr)
