about this time last year, i discovered yet another 10-lined june beetle, and this year is apparently no different, except that this beetle has all of his annenæ, unlike the previous beetles i have found… and, once again, i wonder if they have some kind of metaphysical meaning of which i am not aware. more [...]
Also tagged beetle, picturespossibly a female Libellula Plathemis lydia (Common Whitetail Skimmer), or Libellula pulchella (Twelve-spotted Skimmer), but i’m not sure… ETA 100611: according to an entomologist who specialises in odonata, it’s actually a Libellula pulchella (twelve-spotted skimmer). here is another photo of pulchella, which doesn’t have the white spots on the wings, and does have yellow spots [...]
Also tagged damselfly, important things to remember, picturesi’m speechless… i wonder how long they’ve been carrying this product, i wonder how if it’s "different" from a "regular" ouija board, i wonder how many “christian” parents have complained specifically about this product… i wonder what marketing genius came up with the idea…
Also tagged crazy people, picturesa long time ago i heard of this album by lou reed called “Metal Machine Music” which was supposedly so horribly offensive to the ears that the company had to quit making albums because so many people had returned them. of course, being who i am, i was tremendously interested in hearing this gawd-awful piece [...]
Also tagged bizarre, music, rantsjust like last year only this year… makes me wonder if they have some kind of metaphysical meaning. the life cycle of the ten-lined june beetle indicates that the adults are drawn to light (check) and they emerge as adults in june or july, laying eggs in august. the pupæ spend two to three years [...]
Also tagged beetle, picturesi’m a geek. i have known it for a while, and there have been several events in my life that have made it sometimes painfully obvious. well, this is one of those events in my life. there is a link on the wikipedia page about cantheism which is in the “External link & sorce” part [...]
Also tagged bizarre, cannabis, geek links, web design080723 – found on my front porch, a large, dead beetle; a ten-lined june beetle. i didn’t know beetles that large grew around here… and it isn’t dead! i just checked, and it isn’t where i left it… either it flew away or somebody ate it. here’s another, bigger picture of another specimen, and here’s [...]
Also tagged beetle, picturesfound in my front yard. it is a blue-eyed darner, Aeschna multicolor, a damselfly, which resembles the common green darner, Anax junius, the state insect of the state of washington.
Also tagged damselfly, important things to remember, pictures
