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Spiky Leaf Beetle, Hispellinus sp., family Chrysomelidae, Keelung, Taiwan

photograph by Adeline Goh

This was one of the tiniest dragonflies I have ever seen, and they were all over in the Masai Mara.

The closest species I have found is the Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens), but that doesn't seem quite right. The dragonflies I saw were darker and more metallic in tone, with gold-ish patches at the base of their wings. But I was still glad to learn about Wandering Gliders, because they are found all over the world and seem to migrate incredible distances, even crossing the Himalayas. Isn't that amazing? You can read about them here.

Uh oh fellas

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Isfahan, Iran, 1975. Photos by Roland & Sabrina Michaud

Thin-Spined Jumping Spider (Tutelina elegans), female, family Salticidae, Illinois, USA

photograph by KJ Bluma

Me: oh yeah, if you think school photography is hard now, try imagining doing this with film.

The new girl: what’s film?

Me: … film. Like… film that goes in a film camera.

New girl: what’s that mean?

Me: … before cameras were digital.

New girl: how did you do it before digital?

Me:… with film? I haven’t had enough coffee for this conversation

Scarlet-bodied Wasp Moth (Cosmosoma myrodora), family Erebidae, Lafayette, LA, USA

Diurnal moth

photograph by Monica Soileau Boutte