And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Monday, September 22, 2025
The Spiny Flower Mantis (pseudocreobotra wahlbergi) |
Clearly related to a praying mantis
ReplyDeleteOK, I thought this was a put-on. Turns out a search prove me wrong, real bugs native to Africa.
ReplyDeleteBug: "oh, pretty, tasty flower! Aaagh!!"
ReplyDeleteThey are pissed - wings in startle display. The rest of the body is camouflage for harvesting flower pollinators
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