Tuesday Tunes – Bug Eyes – dredg

 Fun Stuff, Insects, Pop Culture, Tuesday Tunes  3 Responses »
Jul 122011
 

Ryan FleacrestAlmost forgot about Tuesday Tunes this week! Been a busy summer so far, and this one just about slipped through the cracks. Today’s song has very little to do with insects besides the title, but the song is an old favourite of mine, so it’ll work for this last minute edition!

 

 

As consolation for being kind of lame with the song and write up, here’s some cooler “bug” eyes, and I’ll put some BioPoints up for the identification! 2 pts for order, 3 pts for family, and 5 pts each for genus & species. Remember, with 200 BioPts, I’ll send you a framed photo of your choice from my archives! Enjoy!

 

 

Bug-eyed Beast

 

This song is available on iTunes – Bug Eyes – Catch Without Arms

Flies for the Win!

 Blogosphere, Cool Science, General Information  9 Responses »
Jul 042011
 

Science 3.0 Blog Winner IconJust a quick post to relay some exciting news. I recently entered a number of my scientific paper reviews in the Science 3.0 #Bugs Blog Contest, which ran for the month of June, and just today found out that my post discussing the Fly Tree of Life project was chosen as the winning contribution!

My effort was but a single post, and there are a bunch of great entomological entrants that you should go and check out immediately. It’s great to see so many people interested in the science of insects and relaying their excitement via blogging. Thanks to the group over at Science 3.0 for running the contest and for the first place honours, and congratulations to all the entrants for their great work!

This month’s contest is centered around Dinosaurs, so be sure to watch for some spectacular posts on giants of the past! Also, check out the advertisement, featuring art work by the talented Torontonian, Glendon Mellow!

The winning post can be found here if you’d like to give it a read – The Fly Tree of Life – Big Science, Big Results?