Analytics shows me that people come to my blog looking for information on homebrew clubs in the Bryan / College Station area of Texas. Since I am trying to start one up I thought it good to increase my pagerank with a little post about the new club. [Edit 2010/04/17] The club is well-established, calling [...]
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This post is just an update for regular readers (if anyone is subscribed to my RSS feed). We closed the contract on the house three days ago. Our apartment is partially packed and I am moving boxes to the house this week. On Sunday we will get friends together to move the heavy furniture, making [...]
The capricorn beetle, thought to be extinct in England since the late 18th century has been found hanging out on the side walk. Experts believe this wood-feeding insect may have hitched a ride on some imported wood pallets from a distant country, but are still intrigued by its arrival and subsequent discovery. The specimen was [...]
The World Health Orginazation has just released a comprehensive report, written by various pest athorities, about the status of urban pests. This report is meant to be a basis for public policy. The orgination asked leading experts on various pests to put together as much information about each pest as possible. The pests covered in [...]
Cloth and Fodder has a great, indepth post about the process of making a wasp cake (it looks like Arachnospila sp. to me). The post takes you through the full process of making the cake, along the will the intricate steps and various photos. What a beautiful result! –Adrienne –Source
Killerstartups.com just announced the creation of a new research resource: ISpecies.org. The service is simply a specialized search engine that allows for the targeted searching of a specific species. The engine mines everything from Wikipedia to Google Scholar and gives you a list of articles, the Wiki entry, up to 5 pictures, and a variety [...]
A fabulous blog, Dark Roasted Blend, has a series of close-up arthropod faces (they call them “bug” faces, but then the first picture is a hook worm….Civilians.) on their site today. It’s a great read, with some amazing photos. If only these came in 8×10! I know what I want for Christmas this year… –Adrienne [...]
