llbwwb: Tiger tiger burning bright (photo by OU812)
… in the forests of the night. What immortal hand or eye dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
PETITIONS TO OVERTURN TO THE PYTHON BAN:
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/overturn-python-ban/
http://www.change.org/petitions/over-turn-the-python-ban-over-turn-the-python-ban-from-1-17-12
Its a comical article discussing the manner in which five different animals use for either protection from predators or hunting their prey.
Top ten list of illustrations from “Barlowe’s Guide to the Extraterrestrials”. I recommend getting this book if you can.
a Miridae bug Calocoris (Grypocoris) stysi - Portobello - June 2011
This landed on me as I was loading stuff into the car, luckilly I had my camera in my other hand at that moment. I’d no idea what it was, a fly? a wasp? Turns out it’s a bug - the long sucking mouthparts should have been a good clue…
Cimex lectularius (bed bug) (by Gilles San Martin on Flickr)
Adult female of the bed bug - Cimex lectularius
Scale : bug length ~ 5 mm
anorexic assassin* (by Blepharopsis)
*Emesinae, or thread-legged bugs, are a subfamily of the Reduviidae (i.e., assassin bugs). They are conspicuously different from the other reduviids by their very slender body form. They are stalking, predaceous insects that can be collected on palm fronds, cliffs, spider webbing, or near lights at night (many can be collected by blacklight). They walk on their mid and hind legs; the front pair is raptorial. Some groups specialize on spiders. (Wikipedia)
