Upcoming carnivals!

Okay…so I’m like really bad at remembering what carnivals are happening and where (as well as what carnivals are out there), but I promise I’ll try to get better at it. The next Circus of the Spineless will be held on Monday, March 2 at the Invertebrate Diaries. The latest edition of Skeptic’s Circle is [...]

Okay…so no bug pic. But still something made of awesome

I can’t really explain what’s cool about dragonfly nymphs unless I actually show their method of feeding. I’ve always loved Odonates (dragonflies and damselflies) because they have this really cool modified lower lip that reaches out and catches prey. I can’t really tell what it is from this video, but if I were forced to [...]

Response from Iowa Educators on HF 183

You can read a response from some professors here in Iowa on the subject of our creationist bill here. As you can predict, educators here in Iowa aren’t happy with the bill at all and have made a statement for Iowa Academics to sign. The Ames Tribune also has some snippets from DI fellows on the subject of the bills, but [...]

Perhaps I should start asking Acacia trees for relationship advice?

Acacia trees and ants have an interesting mutualistic relationship which is frequently used as a textbook example of a mutualism. The trees offer the ants hollow thorns in which to live and food to eat, and the ants protect the tree from herbivores, both insects and large mammals as well as vines which would overcrowd [...]

Video: Macropinna microstoma

The latest animal darling of the blogosphere is the pacific barreleye, a fish that looks at the world literally through it’s skull. It has eyes that rotate within a transparent dome-like head to look at the world. Various other bloggers have covered this so I’m not gonna do a real thorough writeup, however I did [...]

Your life is now

I’ve had this song running through my head for like the last week.

Teeheeheehee…I’m totally gonna use this today

see more pwn and owned pictures Let’s face it…I’m an entomology student with two tests to catch up on and I’m gonna be spending the better part of Wednsday going through the ISU insect collection IDing crap down to family level. There are tons of cockroaches around, though…I’ve seen about a dozen german roaches in [...]

Perhaps I should give up this delusion I’m in control of my life?

Yeah…this week was another interesting week. A family member died unexpectedly and I was whisked away to the other side of the US with about 12 hours warning. I missed a lot…a lot of crap in the blogosphere this week. Bug Girl’s taking a break from blogging? I guess there’s a reason anonymity is important. [...]

Video of the Week: Inherit the Wind

I’ve been reading old trial transcripts of various creationism trials. I’ve always wanted to see the Scopes VS Tennessee trial transcripts, but could never find them online anywhere. I did find the re-enactment on Hulu.com. I spent the better part of the day between my classes watching this movie. I’ve come to the conclusion this [...]

Video of the Week: Special Valentine’s Day Edition!

This is such a sweet love song, isn’t it? Personal story below the fold. Watch the video first.