Now here is the real entomology etymology question worth debating. Does “bugs” as a general term refer to only to terrestrial arthropod groups (insects, arachnids, myriapods, woodlice etc.), or is it more of a sunonym for creepy crawly and things like snails and worms also can be described as “bugs”
Someone needs to make an alignment chart for what people consiter bugs cause it could be anything from “"hemipterans are the only bugs” to “technically a human infant is a bug”
rest easy friends. i have this here for you
I mean, if you want to be a REAL hardline traditionalist, beetles are absolutely not bugs — bugs are in the order Hemiptera, while beetles are in the order Coleoptera.
I just started To Say Nothing Of The Dog by Connie Willis and I CANNOT BELIEVE no one has recommended this book to me before now. It is so precisely My Taste that I am frankly ashamed of any friend or relative of mine who, having both read this book and met me, did not immediately inform me of its existence and insist that I read it posthaste
Lady Washington and Chieftain have sails so thin the crew is accidentally putting their fingers through them. It’s $12 to sponsor one square foot of sail, and the office is trying to replace the worst three sails before May 20.
They are still less than a quarter of the way to their goal!
Please help if you can!
Nearly halfway!
If every one of the people who follow this blog gave just $5, we’d make it on no time!
Jigsaw puzzle depicting two sailing vessels. In the
foreground is a vessel prepared for wintering in the Arctic, a whale and
an explorer being chased by a polar bear. The title: ‘THE SORCERER OF
THE NORTH POLE OR CAPTAIN ROSS’S VISION’ is printed in the lower right.
The jigsaw is made up of 70 pieces with one missing. Made 1819
One question at a time, Bunny,” said Raffles. “In the first place, I am going to have these rooms freshened up with a potful of paint, the electric light, and the telephone you’ve been at me about so long.”
“Good!” I cried. “Then we shall be able to talk to each other day and night!
The Chest of Silver by E.W. Hornung, in which Bunny needs to take it down like three notches. (via goddamnshinyrock)
Recommending Raffles to someone made me abruptly realize that I never posted the art I did for the Knocked For Six zine last year! oops!
Be sure to check out the zine (if you haven’t already) for some more fantastic Raffles content, and if you haven’t yet read the series, and are in the mood for some good Victorian fun, you can find the stories online right here.
A Pretty Taste for Paradox 