I’m going to be hosting the Skeptics’ Circle here Feb. 14th! Yep, somehow I’m going to combine romance, insects, and skepticism.
Somehow.
If you have a submission, send it to my gmail.com address: membracid@insertgmailhere.
Yeah, that isn’t a really subtle way to fool spam bots, but I’m too tired to do anything fancy.
And look! Podblack made me a [...]
The Xerces Society has a new (and lovely!) publication out:
Pollinators in Natural Areas: A Primer on Habitat Management
“This primer provides a summary of how land managers can protect and provide habitat for bees, butterflies and other pollinators. Specifically, this [...]
But no word about David Bowie or Ziggy Stardust:
NASA spots mysterious “spider” on Mercury
“The photos, released today, include one of a feature the scientists informally call “the spider,” which appears to be an impact crater surrounded by more than 50 cracks in the surface radiating from its center.
Scientists are perplexed by this structure, which is [...]
Insect news from around the net:
A new species of whirligig beetle is named after Roy Orbison!
A videogame based on The Bee Movie is soundly panned:
“Never before in the history of video games has the monotony of being an insect been replicated as effectively as it has been done in The Bee Movie Game.”
Plastic Fly [...]
Hmm. There is apparently a documentary in the works called “Vanishing of the Bees.” (It’s a rather annoyingly flash-based site, so I can’t link you to individual pages. Even their blog is flash, which is just aggravating as heck to load.)
In general, I’m glad to see people promoting bees, and general knowledge of how [...]
You might remember I mentioned Isabella Rossellini’s short films about insect sex earlier–here’s an interview with her discussing the films, and some short excerpts:
Alas, she repeats the myth that mantids consume the head of the male when mating. It’s an occasional thing, not a formal part of the process. In fact, most insects–not just mantids– [...]
Tarantulas? On a period-romance novel about England?
I am very confused. Perhaps it’s a metaphor for the crawly sensation in her nether regions? Or perhaps just really, really messed up foreplay. The Smart Bitches said:
“65-year-old playboy Humbert England was ecstatic when he snagged what he thought was a nubile 22-year-old playmate…except he found out for himself [...]
An incredibly cool use of Google earth: mapping ant colonies.
The narration is a bit florid, but the video is really neat: excavation of an ant colony.
The NCSU Insect Museum has a blog! (And note the membracid favicon!) Also, check out the lovely photo collection from a recent trip to Costa Rica.
Ugly Overload has [...]
Mmmm…..these look very yummy! The really amazing detail includes spiracles, and on some, ocelli. Thanks to Laughing Squid for the info on this bakery in Japan. Visit LS for more links and photos. Strangely enough, despite being a very good copy of a scarab beetle larva, there are no actual insect parts inside.
From [...]
Waggle of the antennae to Feministing for the tip:
Feminism is to blame for forcing women go to college.
WTF is going on with college kids in Michigan? This article was in a student newspaper (Michigan Tech), for FSM’s sake. Dig this–it could have been written by a Victorian:
“Men have a couple of basic desires regarding [...]
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