May 11, 2006

"The challenge is first catching the dragonfly." Princeton scientists are using tiny tracking devices to follow the migration of Green Darner dragonflies.
  • An allegory of life, wouldn't one say?
  • those bugs are gorgeous! they look like jewelry!
  • The challenge is explaining this to your investors.
  • Dragonflies are scary. They can sew your mouth shut if you lie.* *old wives tale, posted by an old wife I miss my Bees. He would like this thread. *sigh
  • Here are some pretty butterfly photos. I think I came across this link on one of the filters. Fact: some pieces of jewelry have been designed to look like them, consequently they may look like jewelry.
  • I did a collage of a female statue with a look of horror on her face, with several jewelry bugs on her. I call it 'diamonds are a girls best friend' and its a statement on the dichotomy of women supposedly fearing bugs yet craving sparkely jewels, which are often designed to resemble those bugs...because I'm so clever like that :P
  • Is There A Pilot In The Insect? The optic flow regulator helps explain how an insect manages to fly, even in unfavorable wind conditions, without measuring its ground height, groundspeed or descent speed, in other words without using any of the usual aircraft onboard flight aids like radar, GPS, radio-altimeters and variometers.