Hummingbird Moth Time Of Year!

Bug, warning me about... Something. I don't know what, but we had to have a fire drill to calm down (where I make the danger call and we both run to the bathroom to hide for a minute before I declare it's safe and we can calm down again).

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Jewel longhorn beetle, Sternotomis bohemani, Cerambycidae

Found primarily in the southeastern region of Africa

Photo 1-2 by michelemenegon, 3 by ottob-c, 4 by martingrimm, 5-6 by m_d, 7-8 by bartwursten, 9 by joachim, and 10 by zarek

Photographer Levon Biss Illuminates the Strange, Otherworldly Chrysalises of Butterfly Pupae

The Grackles

are also still around, and some are still feeding babies, but molting has also begun, giving some of them the best and most dramatic looks. As if they couldn’t already do that with their plumage fully intact!

Fossils look best in bi lighting.

Plesiosaurus at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.

that face…..so smoochable….so loving…………

dont make me tap the sign