Nov 012011
Remember when I told you ticks were pretty well my worst nightmare? Well with this year’s Ent-O-Lantern, you might start feeling the same…
Modeled after the Deer Tick (Ixodes scapularis), this tick isn’t likely to transmit Lyme Disease, but you might lose a kidney as it burrows into your back.
With squash capitulum (head), butternut squash hypostome (mouthparts), carrot segmented legs, and feeding amongst pipe insulation hairs, this year’s pumpkin will hopefully stick deep inside your psyche and instill a year’s worth of nightmares until we can bring you an all new creation! Happy Halloween!
Thanks to all the U of G Insect Systematics lab members for help carving and suggestions on how to make it come together!3 Responses to “Ent-O-Lantern 2011”
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You guys are pumpkin carving gods!! So impressed.
Wow, this is great! A couple of steak knives for chelicerae to go with the butternut palps would probably make the induced ightmares even better.