Puerto Rico. Just a reminder that this island houses a unique and colorful set of bees that are also now in their own recovery mode. From top to bottom Megachile concinna, Centris haemorrhoidalis, Augochlora buski, and Centris smithii. Specimens collected by Sara Prado.
There are a total of 51 pictures of P.R. bees here:
French photographer Diane Özdamar shoots wonderfully kawaii photos of pet rats in effort to help counter the negative associations many people have with them. So great is Özdamar’s love and appreciation for rats that she also rescues and fosters abandoned rats and hopes that her photos will help them find forever homes.
“Here are some of these photographs, both of my rats and of my friends’ rats and, as you may see, they are far from being dirty nasty little monsters! They are actually highly intelligent social beings that love interacting with each other and their favorite humans. They are very friendly, smart, playful, they love cuddles and are very clean: many rat owners agree to compare them to tiny dogs.
I made all the little accessories (except for the little black hat) so these wouldn’t constrain the rats: they could remove them very easily, although they didn’t bother most of the time as they were quite cool and relaxed. No animals were harmed during the making of these pictures, the ladybug was also alive and well and flew away soon after the photo shooting.”
I know, I know, these are not birds. But they do fly. And they are very cool. The contrast of the delicate insects gathered on the hard gravel creates both contrast and dissonance. So, I posted the photo.
Urocyon's Jaunts 2.0 
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