I usually try to maintain a fairly single-minded focus on genomics on this blog, but Alex Wild's current series of post on insect photography over at Photo Synthesis is simply stunning. Anyone interested in either photography or entomology - or simply appreciative of a beautiful image - should wander over and check them out.
Alex's rotation on Photo Synthesis may soon be coming to an end, but you can then follow him back to his usual home, Myrmecos.
Here's a classic example of Alex's work:
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tags: Alex, African grey parrot, Psittacus
Tonight, I'm holding my own private Irish wake for Alex, the extraordinary parrot. (Pass the Bushmill's, folks. This is going to be a tearjerker.)
Ive been pet-sitting a friends weiner dog for about a week now. Nother 2 weeks to go.
i was struck by the ants too.
Gosh. Thanks, Daniel!