Articles in the Insects etc. Category

2 Sep 2010 | No Comment | Insects etc. »

A crowded tangle of twigs,
a scout with a bright idea;
conspiring alone at the jumping-off point
of an ambitious treasure hunt.

 
An ant scout with a bright idea

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Ant | Hymenoptera | Apocrita | Vespoidea | Formicidae

31 Aug 2010 | 7 Comments | Insects etc. »

Fly this fast and the world never looks the same,
the tipsy universe whips by in a wing’s beat.

 
Honey Bees return to the hive

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Honey bee | Apis mellifera

29 Aug 2010 | 3 Comments | Insects etc. »

A spontaneous leap into a new space age,
escaping an exhausted flower, ignoring old sign-posts.

 
A bee leaps into a new space age

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Honey bee | Apis mellifera

22 Aug 2010 | 2 Comments | Insects etc. »

A young mantis takes a curious turn,
exploring a place seldom noticed,
lost to a larger world,
illuminated by scattered diamonds.

 
A curious young mantis

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Praying Mantis | Tenodera aridifolia sinensis

19 Aug 2010 | 3 Comments | Insects etc. »

A toy-box explorer with a troubled back-story
attempts to map the overcrowded microwilderness,
finding larger patterns in the small spaces between buds.

 
An ant maps the overcrowded microwilderness

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Ant | Hymenoptera | Apocrita | Vespoidea | Formicidae

12 Aug 2010 | 3 Comments | Insects etc. »

The Grand Canyon? Barsoom? Pandora? Maybe.
 

No bigger than a moonlet,
Queen of an alien laboratory for spontaneous choreography,
a spider squares the circle at the labyrinth’s center.

 
A spider is queen of an alien laboratory

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Spider | Arachnid

10 Aug 2010 | 7 Comments | Insects etc. »

A sharp honey bee on her way to the wild side of the garden,
too chic for her own good.

 
Honeybee

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Honey bee | Apis mellifera

3 Aug 2010 | 2 Comments | Insects etc. »

Over lichen-covered bark,
an ant runs late for her next appointment,
leaving a blurred memory of a bewildered oak.

 
Ant running late

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Ant | Hymenoptera | Apocrita | Vespoidea | Formicidae

1 Aug 2010 | 2 Comments | Insects etc. »

Returning home with ill-gotten gains,
slicing through the garden,
skyscraper stems bend and sway,
a scale model speeds through space.

 
A bee slices through the garden

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Honey bee | Apis mellifera

25 Jul 2010 | 5 Comments | Insects etc. »

More than a rumor of a summer storm,
a psychological stargazer spins telepathic fires
as the summer burns out the night.

 

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Katydid | Tettigoniidae

22 Jul 2010 | 6 Comments | Insects etc. »

The red-eye to the dark side beckons,
a hotshot young assassin stalks a world gone feral,
no pillow talk from this demon.

 
Hotshot young assassin stalks a world gone feral

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Assassin bug | Zelus luridus