Tuesday Tunes – Mardi Gras Special
It’s party time down in The Big Easy, with eusocial gatherings in the streets, plenty of ethanol being wasted (i.e. not being used for insect preservation) and females displaying mammary glands for...
View ArticleAnts & Architecture
The wife and I took a weekend off last month and headed down to Chicago to visit a friend, take in the sights, and enjoy a bit of a break. I must say that Chicago was one of the coolest big cities I’ve...
View ArticleT.G.I.Formicidae – Formica with Aphids
T.G.I.Formicidae is a new occasional feature here on the blog, and this inaugural edition features some collusion between Alex Wild, Ted MacRae and myself. Alex normally features beetles on Fridays,...
View ArticleTuesday Tunes – Ants Marching – Dave Matthews Band
I’m busy. Not just a little busy, but really busy. I’m on track to have 5-6 peer-reviewed papers submitted and/or published by the end of the year, I’m co-authoring a field guide which should be coming...
View ArticleTuesday Tunes – Escapism – Army Ants – Stone Temple Pilots
A quick Tuesday Tunes this week as I’m on vacation and there’s not much internet on the cottage dock! Enjoy Army Ants by the Stone Temple Pilots! Sorry for the delayed results of the ID...
View ArticleTuesday Tunes – Empire Ants – Gorillaz
From last week’s ESA meeting, you’d think that ants were all powerful and super diverse or something by the number of people talking about them and the level of excitement surrounding those talks! You...
View ArticleTuesday Tunes – Alien Ant Farm edition
Well here we are, a full year after I started this little musical column. Turns out there are a lot more artists who have brought in the funk with insect content than I could have imagined, making...
View ArticleBugShot 2012 Student Portfolio
I’m applying for a student fee waiver for this summer’s BugShot Insect Photography Workshop, and spent today putting together my image portfolio. After some ruthless culling and extra time spent with...
View ArticleThe Weekly Flypaper – Long Weekend Edition
You may have noticed the Weekly Flypaper has been missing the past two weekends. I have a good reason for missing one, and a not so good reason for missing the other… First, the good reason. I took...
View ArticleWinter Buglympics 2014 – The Ski Jump
While many in North America may recognize the Ski Jump from the brief clip fully encapsulating the agony of defeat in ABC’s Wide World of Sports intro, this event is quite popular in northern Europe....
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