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I love Larson cartoons. Always brilliant ! And his entomological cartoons are always very accurate.

Anyone knows if he is an entomologist, or if his father was ?
How come he knows so well our secret world ?

wollastoni wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 4:42 pm I love Larson cartoons. Always brilliant ! And his entomological cartoons are always very accurate.

Anyone knows if he is an entomologist, or if his father was ?
How come he knows so well our secret world ?

I've heard that Larson has long had a strong interest in nature, and spent much of his youth exploring the woods and swamps of the Pacific Northwest, and the tidelands and waters of Puget Sound.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Larson

Ah, the data label is likely useless, it probably says "Tingo Maria" or "Popondetta".

My guess is that the label's coordinates will lead the detective directly into a pitfall trap.

This has always been one of my favorites by Gary Larson !
He certainly has insights into our hobby that only a true hobbyist would know or understand.
I have a couple of good other ones I may post as well.

Another superb one of my favorites !

The fact that there are no more such cartoons- by anyone- is a sad indication that the study of Leps just doesn't have appeal.

These cartoons posted though do remind me of things:

One government resources person told me that if "Professor DeArmond" ever came back in the country again they'd kill him. And they meant it. It was a personal vendetta. Of course, you all know/ know of "Prof DeArmond"

I don't think I said much about the stunning Papilio I put in the hotel freezer, but somebody recognized it was nice, so it disappeared. On another unfortunate occasion on a field trip, one collector boasted that he had caught a fabulous Copiopteryx and showed it around. Unfortunately for him, he spent all his time collecting, and didn't procure a gift for his wife. At the capital hotel prior to departure, he grudgingly traded me that Copiopteryx for an Alpaca sweater.

As I detailed elsewhere (probably the archive forum) I loaned boxes of specimens to a friend to go through to take duplicates. Somebody, never found out who, gained access to them and stole thousands of specimens- and they knew what they were stealing.

Sounds like you have had some far-side "moments" yourself chuck !

Ah' yes, and here we have yet another of Gary's
priceless pieces.

Mantis couple

Seems like this was already posted here somewhere but it fits into this thread so…