The beauty of bugs on a windshield

11. March 2007, 22:20 UhrUncategorizedmreades5 comments

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When you see bugs smashed on your windshield beauty probably isn’t the first thing that springs to mind. However if you could see them up close and personal through a microscope you might have a different perspective.

Here are a number of photo-micrographs for your viewing pleasure. These pictures, although beautiful, may cause vegetarians to give up driving forever. Even non-vegetarians may never look at a bug on a windshield the same.

Hat tip to ScienceBlogs.com.

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5 Responses to “The beauty of bugs on a windshield”

  1. Max Thunder, March 11, 2007 at 10:56 pm

    I wonder if you know of Maddox, a talented writer who wrote many essays about vegeterianism.

    -Sponsor a vegetarian
    http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=sponsor
    and – Guiltless Grill http://maddox.xmission.com/grill.html

    Hi Max–

    Don’t know of him, but these two links are funny.

    Cheers–

    MRE 

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  2. Cindy Moore, March 12, 2007 at 11:11 am

    Cool site!

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  3. jay, March 12, 2007 at 2:09 pm

    Do you know the last thing that goes through a bugs mind after he hits your windshield?

    His butt!

    These pictures prove it.

    Cheers–

    MRE 

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  4. LCforevah, March 12, 2007 at 2:28 pm

    I LOVE those bugs! Nos 1,2, and 3 look like ballet dancers in poses for the Dying Swan, no 4 looks like he’s crossing a few legs getting ready for a smoke, and no 5 looks like an odalisque by Matisse.

    Hmmm.  Looks like these photo micrographs could be the basis for the dead bug Rorschach test. 

    Cheers–

    MRE 

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  5. Robert, March 12, 2007 at 7:41 pm

    too bad you didn’t have one of those “For Every Animal…” teeshirts for the Expo. You may have seen a few “Steven, the vegans” chasing you.

    Wouldn’t that have been fun?

    Cheers–

    MRE 

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