I saw an article yesterday on Arstechnica about parasitic wasps. It’s a pretty cool article, check it out:
Parasitic wasp genome offers chance to study sex and death
It made me remember this picture I took, of a blue mud dauber. I think the species is called Chalybion californicum, but I’m not sure.
They make little tunnels of [...]
Nature does seem a little frivolous every now and then. Sometimes it chooses to paint pink spots on a longhorn’s back.
It is beautiful, but probably not frivolous. She always does it for a reason.
Thanks again to Enmos for identifying it down to the species. You rock.
Some species of spiders can vary a lot in coloration from one individual to another.
That is the case for the Nephilengys cruentata, which in this picture is almost entirely black, but in a picture I posted here before, can be seen having a good deal of yellow.
The black variation reminds me a lot of the [...]
I recently came across a pretty interesting blog called Ugly Overload, where there are, of course, many pictures of insects. Poor little creatures, they are not that ugly!
Anyway, I saw this picture of what is being called the strawberry crab over there, and it made me remember this spider that I found a few years [...]
Resting on my knuckles. These adorable little orb weavers are always a great find.
