Bug Girl takes a break
If you follow insect blogging, you surely recognize the pseudonymous “Bug Girl” as the pioneer of our little bug-blogging genre. So it’s a shock to see her crawling into a cocoon and putting her site...
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Belize, and a short break
Portrait of a Belizean grasshopper. The oddly contradictory activity of nature blogging means there are times when I actually have to leave the keyboard and go find some nature. This is one of those...
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From the annals of bad ideas…
Leading search terms for our humble little blog: As if we didn’t have enough to worry about, the barely-literate are apparently trying to get their hands on one of the most damaging pest insects of all...
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Answer to last week’s mystery: Aphis nerii
I am just about the worst blogger ever this week. I’ve been out in the field around Illinois taking new photos (see right sidebar!) and neglecting my internet… um, responsibilities? Procrastinations?...
View ArticleServer troubles: an update
If you’ve been following Myrmecos this week, or bravely trying to, I apologize for the rough ride. An internal server error on September 4th derailed the site for a few days. The problem appears to be...
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Testing 1, 2, 3
Callipogon sp. longhorn beetle, Belize Of the several redesigns I’ve tested, this one- called Summit- is my favorite. Summit’s images are big, the type is clean, and the style gives the site a sort of...
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The more things change…
After moving Myrmecos to a new server earlier this week, a bug in the old WordPress theme started mucking up the internal structure of the site, rendering an error page to anyone trying to read the...
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This is the adorable reason why Myrmecos Blog has been slow
Helena is four months old today. Mrs. Myrmecos and I have been working from home while taking care of the little munchkin. I love that my current self-employment translates to plenty of time with my...
View ArticleDecluttering
We are slimming down and decluttering for a clean, fast design while Myrmecos Industries organizes a reboot of this decade-old blog.
View ArticleAt 10:15 this morning I deactivated my facebook account. I’ve had the account for over a decade. No more. I can no longer in good conscience participate in a company whose actions- wittingly or no-...
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