Iz

lover of fungi, insects, & arachnids

[kas-e]

Australian Stick Insect.

Portraits, 2 shot stacks at 2x life size

Nikkor 28mm Ai-s reversed at f16

[the-awkward-turt]

Extatosoma tiaratum I believe.

[green-algae]

A drawer full of Christmas beetles [genus Anoplognathus], members of the scarab family so named for their tendency to appear around Christmas time in their native Australia. Image by Cameron Richardson.

[seatrench]

[rainbowclashart]

Flower Power https://soundcloud.com/rainbowclash/raiseyourresonanceplease

[libutron]

Parrot Toadstool - Gliophorus psittacinus

A beautiful and unmistakable Parrot Toadstool, formerly known as Hygrocybe psittacina, now named Gliophorus psittacinus (Hygrophoraceae).

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Photo credit: ©José Luis Santamaría | Location: not indicated  

[steepravine]

One of my favorite nature finds ever - I spotted this huge golden chanterelle from a few hundred feet out and found a cute ensatina hiding underneath! (at Russian Gulch State Park)

[hurricane-euler]

I aspire to be so smart that no one cares how my hair looks 

[caviria]

Caviria vinasia

[actuallyvady]

A limerick:

[toothlessrebel]

Doesn’t look like a limerick to you? Try this:

A dozen, a gross, and a score Plus three times the square root of four Divided by seven Plus five times eleven Is nine squared and not a bit more.

THE HECK HECK HECK HECCCCCKKKKKKKK

[celebrity-pharmacist]

POETRY WAS NOT MEANT TO BE USED LIKE THIS

[janothar]

Fine, fine, we’ll kick it up a notch:

Integral zee squared dee zee From one to the cube root of three Times the cosine Of three pi over nine Is the log of the cube root of e

[shut-up-hippie]

first of all fuck the both of you

[thequantom]

It’s back on my timeline so I’m bringing it back to yours!!

[polymath4ever]

Yeshhhhhhhhh

[just--space]

Spiral galaxy NGC 1300

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[npr]

A Neglected Family Of Killer Viruses

The five hepatitis viruses claim over 1 million lives each year. Yet the attention — and funding — can't compete with HIV, TB and malaria.

We think of HIV, TB and malaria as some of the deadliest infectious diseases on earth. And the death tolls bear that out.

But there’s a family of viruses that is in the same league: hepatitis viruses.

There are five of them. Their alphabet soup of names tells us the order in which they were discovered: hepatitis A, B, C, D and E. According to a new report from the Global Burden of Disease, the viruses kill 1.34 million people a year.

[pacificrim-archive]

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[gastropods]

Eating slime mold by MaximumMoustache

[sinobug]

Atlas Moth Caterpillar (Attacus atlas, Saturniidae) by Sinobug (itchydogimages) on Flickr. Pu’er, Yunnan, China See more Chinese caterpillars on my Flickr site HERE…..

[scientificphilosopher]

Sure dog and cat paws are adorable. But have you seen spider paws?

[sinobug]

Pale Grand Imperial (Neocheritra fabronia, Theclinae, Lycaenidae) by Sinobug (itchydogimages) on Flickr. Pu’er, Yunnan, China See more Chinese butterflies on my Flickr site HERE…..

[jedavu]

Gifs Show How Mushrooms Grow

Mushrooms are fast-growing organisms that quickly pop up after the rain. These mesmerizing time-lapse gifs record the mushroom buds bursting through the soil and elegantly expanding their caps.