#lapara

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

...That jerk at the party who keeps photobombing all of your shots

:-D

(painted lichen moth, Hypoprepia fuscosa, and then top to bottom: unknown Tortricidae sp., oak besma, Besma quercivoraria, Xestia c-nigrum complex, and Northern pine sphinx, Lapara bombycoides)

[eumorpha-dream]

The larva of Lapara coniferarum is an amazing pine mimic. The final instars tend to hide in large clusters of pine needles almost totally invisible. The adults, are rather drab and gray, but always a welcome site! #mothing #caterpillar #pinebarrens #pitchpine #lapara #laparaconiferarum #pinesphinx #sphinx #sphinxmoth #sphingidae #insects_of_our_world

[veyot]

“is this place new?” asked Laserskater. “Yep,” said the bartender. “We moved to a cozier spot.” “Fits in well here,” said Veyot. “And you still have that Twin Peaks picture I like.” “But, what’s all the noise in the street?” grumbled Laserskater. “I hear hoof beats, bells, and tram whistles.” “Oh, that’s just Levi Clownski out there messin’ with the tram system. Should be good by morning,” said the bartender.

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

Floof in flight!

(Lapara bombycoides - Northern Pine Sphinx)

[veyot]

Halloween at Lapara.

Lapara sim is nicely decorated for Halloween. Make your first stop at the Grand Lapara Hotel. Enter the decorated lobby and find two elevators that will take you to visit the ballroom and a hotel room. (Hotel rooms and apartments nearby can be rented by the week at low rates.) Upon leaving the hotel, if you are offered a limo ride, don’t worry. It’s not a dangerous stranger. Instead, it’s probably the sim owner, Levi Clownski, who is often driving around on the sim making interesting updates.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lapara/140/28/90

[veyot]

“Why is there a porta-potty and a Police Car on the corner?” asked Veyot.

“It’s because some artists are setting up for a show at the park. There is a new gallery too, and I painted some white lines on the street for a pedestrian crossing from the gallery to the park,” replied Levi Clownski. 

“Ooh, I will hurry right over! But where did the Music Store go?” Veyot asked. But Levi didn’t answer because he had already rushed off to fix a broken skeleton in the Hotel.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Astarte/72/236/90

[veyot]

There was a crowd over at Lapara today. People had come from all over to watch the rehearsals for Rocky’s new Play. Some were in costume, hoping to get parts in the play. Most people waited near the Hotel or shopped on main street. But, one lucky autograph seeker found actress Nancy hiding out up on the second level, in a small building at the far end of the spring garden. 

[veyot]

I was test driving a new car over at Lapara last night, but cars always go too fast for me. I crashed into a bus. When I called to make a report, the dispatcher said the police were too busy at the moment. There was a plane making an emergency landing, and an electrical fire. I went over to watch the fire, but then I nearly got run over by a trolley. Levi Clownski showed up to take my report. He asked where I got the car. “Well, it was down by the road, you know, and I have to admit that I knocked down a lamp pole on the way up that steep ramp. It’s tricky!”

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lapara/173/70/91