West coast mining bee (Andrena cuneilabris), Redwoods National Park, California. Photograph by Colby Francoeur.
Someone posted this on FB and I can’t find the original.
I know this is like a year and a half old, but I still consider it funny and relevant.
Background found at the Lolbrary.
Higher quality version of part of a thing I made a while ago.
I'm reposting this because nobody reblogged it before despite it being hilarious.
The teaser for Season 4 made me look back at the memorable moments of Season 3. I'm still hung up on how Spike (back before he was a dog himself) used someone's pet dog to track someone else's pet rabbit. What could possibly go wrong with that plan?
Shield Bug
Microscopy by Francis Prior
There are thousands of species of shield bugs on Earth (though you probably know them by their more common name of “stink bugs”), but we bet you’ve never looked at one like this. This view shows the insect’s bulging compound eye on the left. Further down, looking almost like a ruby, is its simple eye, which helps it detect light. Also riddling the surface of the bug’s exoskeleton are a number of circular pock-marks, resembling tiny wells of ink. (From io9)