Reblogged purely to make Amanda smile.
New insect discovered in Brazil, only third known in its bizarre family
by Alexander Holmgren
A new species of forcepfly named Austromerope brasiliensis, was recently discovered in Brazil and described in the open access journal Zoo Keys. This is the first discovery of forcepfly in the Neotropics and only the third known worldwide. The forcepfly, often called the earwigfly because the male genital forceps closely resemble the cerci of the common earwig, remains a scientific enigma due to the lack of information on the family.
Forcepflies make up the Meropeida family (order order Mecoptera), which has been around since the world’s continents were combined in a supercontinent Pangea, meaning that the Meropeidae family could be more than two hundred million years old. Even so the new species marks the discovery of only the third extant forcepfly known, one is known from Australia and another from North America…(read more: MongaBay)
(photos: Machado et al.)
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It’s been a pretty consistent truth in the contemporary music field, starting about the mid-to-late ’80s: If you asked a young singer coming up, who did they love, who did they put on the turntable, so many people would say Nick Drake. He’s become a real musician’s musician.
—Joe Boyd, who produced Nick Drake’s first two albums back in 1969 and 1970. He talks with All Things Considered today about a new Nick Drake tribute album.
Cartoon by Edward Steed. For more: http://nyr.kr/ZdqYBe
Mona Eltahawy: I Explain Some Things - Pablo Neruda
You’ll ask: And where are the lilies?
And the metaphysics covered with poppies?
And the rain that frequently hit your words
filling them with holes and birds
I’ll tell you all that happens to me.
I lived in a neighborhood of Madrid,
with bells, with watches, with trees.
From…
Yago Partal, a graphic artist based in Barcelona, has created an awesome photo series entitled Zoo Portraits, depicting a wide variety of animals who all share two things in common: they like dressing up in stylish clothing and posing for fashion portraits.
There are lots of different animals in the series and you can purchase prints of the photos via Yago’s online shop. We love each and every one of them.
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menswear dog is crying alone somewhere right now
Yup.
To accompany the grilled steak on a warm spring or summer day.
Looking forward to more grill-friendly weather.
