Tuesday Tunes – Dragonfly – My Brightest Diamond

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Oct 252011
 

Ryan FleacrestWhen I first found today’s song, I immediately thought of this dragonfly photo I took while on vacation a few weeks ago:

Dragonfly Dreams

 

That is, until I finished watching the music video and realized the video director and the artist might not realize the difference between a butterfly and a dragonfly…

 

If you’re keeping track at home, that’s a Taxonomy Fail Index of 57.8, and quite frankly, one of the least imaginable given the general popularity of both orders! Perhaps that was an artistic choice of some manner…

 

This song is available on iTunes – Dragonfly – Bring Me the Workhorse

Tuesday Tunes – Dragonflies – Red House Painters

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Mar 152011
 

Ryan FleacrestWell, this week I don’t have anything witty or pressing to pass along. Busy time of year, and a new major Diptera paper was just published which I’ll be going over soon! Until then enjoy Dragonflies by Red House Painters.

 

 

This song is available on iTunes –Dragonflies – Red House Painters I

Winter has reached Guelph

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Feb 012010
 

Now that winter has truly set in here in Guelph, I figured I’d escape into the archives and share some photos I took while in Peru and Bolivia on the UofG Field Entomology course in the spring of 2007! This was really my first trip out of Canada and I certainly had a blast! We spent two weeks deep in the Amazon, literally on the border between Peru and Bolivia, in untouched tropical rainforest, with insects, birds and mammals everywhere you look and great food to come back to. Who wouldn’t want to be there! Continue reading »