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Strawberry beetle

Caliper beetle, Golofa porteri. That’s Bill’s hand. It would look bigger in mine. The super long front legs are for giving extra big hugs

Moth faces are so cute. Here’s a moth in the genus Trosia

We are out in the boonies until Thursday. Expect cool bugs

Last night was an excellent moth night. Look at this!! Genus Hyperthaema. 🌱 #moth #insect #macrophotography

Sometimes bugs look like very small birds. This is a leafhopper nymph. It will lose the tail feathers as it grows to adulthood 🌱 #photography #insect #nature

The Art of Pretending there’s a Deal

Oh, oh, what a night, oh, what a garden of delight Even now, that sweet memory lingers I was playing my guitar Lying underneath the stars Just thanking the Lord for my fingers

I can’t think of the words for many actions unless I act them out when I’m speaking. Like, beating eggs to stiff peaks, I mimic the action any time I give someone a recipe. If I hold my hands still I have long pauses while I fish for the words in my brain

Treehopper with a parasitic mite on top. 🌱 #macrophotography #insect

High school kids saying they are not hungry and skipping lunch. Also one of the saddest indicators.

When they make a movie abt the trumps, the granddad will be played by Matt Lucas in all his hateful glory. Welcome, M'sieur Sit yourself down And meet the best Innkeeper in town As for the rest, All of 'em crooks Rooking their guests And cooking the books. carlynbeccia.medium.com/the-wild-wes...

It’s #weevilWednesday Let’s celebrate these goofy looking little critters.

A leafhoppers with a face like a mouse.

A very green fluff #moth

A moth for Monday. Lissochlora punctiseriata #mothmonday #insect #macro

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Two moths in the genus Bertholdia. Spot the differences #moth #nature #insect 🌱

I feel like every cis straight White guy needs to experience, just once, having been deeply wronged and risking trusting an authority figure to right it only to then have that authority wielded against them and for it to result in them being worse off for the attempt. It would teach a lot.

Spiders have amazing eyes. This one in particular has googly eyes. It gives me the side-eye before running away. 🌱 #spider #nature

Reach out and touch faith… Flesh and bone by the telephone Lift up the receiver, I'll make you a believer I will deliver, you know I'm a forgiver

Behold the horny beetle. It’s also a hugger. Notice the extra long front legs. Golofa eacus 🌱 #beetle #nature #macro

Today everybody is talking about powerful men in politics abusing women who work for them. Recently we heard about college professors and grad students. I wish someone would talk about administrators and teachers in k-12. It is sickeningly common.

Two striped green critters stopped by last night. The moth is Eulepidotis viridissima. The beetle is Platycoelia puncticollis. The beetle is one of the most common species visiting our lights. The moth is my first spotting of the species although I see others in the genus often 🌱 #insect #green

A very badass fly with feathery legs. Genus Porphyrochroa

If the Iranians really want to fuck with us they should offer to open the straights in return for Trump’s resignation.

Add food to a movie title: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Sundae The French Fry Connection

It’s insane that this is one of my neighbors. Stopped by to visit the moths at the lights and jumped onto my sleeve momentarily. A katydid in the genus Typophyllum 🌱

A beautiful wing. I look for bugs, but bits of bugs sometimes point to the presence of mantids. Yes, I found the mantis but he refused to stand still for a portrait. #wing

The flying leaves have come to visit the lights tonight #moth 🌱

"the party told you to deny the evidence of your eyes and ears. it was their final, most essential command" - orwell, 1984

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It’s #flyFriday Flies in the subfamily Pipunculinae. Massive eyes, tiny body. 🌱

Favolaschia fungus, or tiny English muffins, you decide. 🌱

This is a fly pretending to be a wasp 🌱

Bryon Noem hurt only his wife’s pride. This man is a monster.

That’s a caterpillar in the top image with the bit of lichen it’s supposed to be at the bottom. See the next post to get a closer look at the caterpillar. Been looking for more of the caterpillars but get faked out by the lichen.

It’s spring in the north. It’s the first Seder tonight. It’s pastel color time. Meet the female Rhytidochrota brunneri, a hyper localized species found only around here. Wingless adults. Males are emerald green and about a third of the size. 🌱

Highlight from today's research: cooling data centers already uses as much water as all the bottled water manufactured globally. They're expected to need 170% more water by 2030. 25% of humanity lacks reliable access to clean water. Jesus Christ.

Nerón, Perón, y este güevón…

Standardized testing doesn’t measure what kids have learned or what teachers have taught in any meaningful way

Nerón, Perón, y este güevón…

Want a break from doomscrolling? Make gefilte fish. Hours of messy hands prevent you from touching anything other than what you’re cooking and what you’re cooking with.

Very few spiders can bite you. And even those that can rarely do

“The ​FTC said OkCupid users were never ⁠told their information - including nearly 3 ​million photos, demographic information and location ​data - would be shared in 2014 with Clarifai, a facial recognition technology company...” “Match and OkCupid neither admitted nor denied wrongdoing…”

Post a non-religious picture you think of as holy

If Reb Tevye only knew what he’s inspired. “There would be one long staircase just going up And one even longer coming down And one more leading nowhere, just for show”