Tag Archives: nature

Friday Flower – Hedychium coccineum

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Ted C. MacRae

Distrito Joaquim Igidio is one of four “districts” surrounding Campinas, Brazil.  It is the most remote of the four, with farmsteads dating back more than a century interspersed amongst some of the most significant tracts of Atlantic forest still remaining in the area.  Many of … Continue reading →

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Bichos Argentinos #11 – I’m out’a here!

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Ted C. MacRae

Neither of these photos are very good, but it’s the firefly’s fault.  I saw it last month in a soybean field in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. I got off the first shot, but the flash disturbed it and it started … Continue reading →

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Rediscovery of Cicindela scabrosa floridana

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Ted C. MacRae

In refreshing contrast to the more usually heard reports of declining and extinct species, a new paper by Dave Brzoska, Barry Knisley, and Jeffrey Slotten (Brzoska et al. 2011) announces the rediscovery of a tiger beetle previously regarded as probably extinct.  Cicindela scabrosa floridana was … Continue reading →

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Cylindera celeripes – Fig. 1

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Ted C. MacRae

One of the plates from our recently submitted manuscript on Cylindera celeripes (swift tiger beetle).¹  For the record, this is my first official attempt at assembling a plate in Photoshop for electronic submission – I sure hope I get quicker … Continue reading →

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Bichos Argentinos #10 – Friday Formicine

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Ted C. MacRae

One of the insects I saw abundantly during my visit last month to La Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (Buenos Aires, Argentina) was this species of black ant that looks well enough like one of our typical North American species. They were quite … Continue reading →

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Bichos Argentinos #9 – Membracido

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Ted C. MacRae

This treehopper that I photographed at La Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur strongly resembles our North American species of Campylenchia due to the brown elytra and lack of any yellow markings on the pronotal crest.  However, the rounded lower margin of the frons (more apparent in … Continue reading →

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Agelia lordi (Walker)

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Ted C. MacRae

This pretty little beetle is Agelia lordi (Walker), a member of the jewel beetle family Buprestidae. I received this meticulously curated specimen – collected in Kenya – in a recent exchange with Stanislav Prepsl (Czech Republic). The species is found … Continue reading →

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Friday Flower – Ceibo

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Ted C. MacRae

One of the major flowering spectacles in Argentina is Erythrina crista-galli, or “ceibo” (also spelled “seíbo”).  So great is this spectacle that both Argentina and Uruguay have declared it their national flower.  I’ve seen only hints of it myself, as … Continue reading →

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