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5/22/15                Big Eyed Toad Bugs Do It

Nepomorpha (Aquatic Bugs)-Gelastocoridae (Toad Bugs)- Gelastocoris oculatus (Big-Eyed Toad Bug) Male and Female. 

Latin oculatus ’[big-]eyed’

Size 6-9 mm

Identification A common, though well-camouflaged bug of muddy freshwater shorelines.

Some characters:walks, or sometimes, hops sides of prothorax projecting coloration extremely variable

Range throughout the contiguous US and in so. Canada (ON, MB); Mexico

went through the effort of making this gif just to remind everyone of rocky scooting closer to grace on the beach

https://pharos.vassarspaces.net/2018/05/11/scholars-respond-to-racist-backlash-against-black-achilles-part-1-ancient-greek-attitudes-toward-africans/

https://aeon.co/essays/can-we-hope-to-understand-how-the-greeks-saw-their-world

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/true-colors-17888/

I know what ‘olive skinned’ (and thus variations on it) means, but the author taking the time to have a little laugh, acknowledge that it’s at least a bit funny, and drop some knowledge is appreciated.

Left: traditional extraction using a capacho basket, right modern extraction using a cold press. One is greenish brown and the other is green.

you can play with just the ascii graphics for free