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Colin Purrington

Evolution Shoppe

Just some silly graphics I’ve made over the years, ported to Redbubble in case you need a sticker or t-shirt.

Charles Darwin’s tree of life sketch (modified)

Charles Darwin's "I think" sketch of the tree of life

Charles Darwin Has A Posse

Charles Darwin Has A Posse t-shirt

Galapagos Islands map

Galapagos Island map t-shirt

Galapagos Islands airport code

Galapagos Islands airport code with GPS coordinates

Galapagos Islands airport code oval sticker

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This is a blog with nature photography, biology-related projects, & geeky tips.

Recent posts

  • Nature pics from Zolfo Springs
  • Photographs from Highlands Hammock State Park
  • Mohonk in June
  • Spartan Mosquito Eradicator updates
  • Cucumber beetle trap

Conference poster templates

Darwin Posse (stickers, etc.)

Charles Darwin Has A Posse

Galapagos airport code (sticker)

Galapagos Islands (stickers, etc.)

Charles Darwin's 1845 map of the Galapagos Islands

GPS sticker

Recent photographs

Yellow fairy cups
Yellow fairy cups
Wolf's milk aethalia
Wolf's milk aethalia
Bald-faced hornet
Bald-faced hornet
Cypress twig gall midge
Cypress twig gall midge
Beech woodwart
Beech woodwart
Beech woodwart
Beech woodwart
Tree with beaver damage
Tree with beaver damage
Downy yellowjacket
Downy yellowjacket
Group of spotted lanternflies
Group of spotted lanternflies
Witch-hazel cone galls
Witch-hazel cone galls
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Recent Instagram posts

Leiobunum sp. in the process of molting. You can’t tell from the photo, but legs were pulsating, presumably being pumped full of fluid prior to straightening and hardening. Amazing to watch, and reminiscent of the Sentinels in The Matrix series. New Paltz, NY.
Larva of the Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis) preparing to pupate. Super common insect (annoyingly so) but I’ve never seen one in this vertical position. I’m wondering whether it somehow facilitates the attachment to the leaf via the anal cremaster, but I couldn’t find any literature on the topic. I witnessed several larvae doing this, so I don’t think this one was unique. New Paltz, NY.
North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) lounging in a tree. At night they travel higher into the canopy to nibble on tender shoots, but apparently fall with some regularity when the small branches snap. Just something to remember if you’re ever walking in a forest at night and hear a crashing noise from above. At @mohonkmountainhouse in New Paltz, NY.
Several weeks ago I found some eggs on one of my artichokes and I thought it would be good fun to try to rear them up. I'm thinking it's some sort of Euschistus but I'm open to suggestions.
A garden springtail (Bourletiella hortensis) on tomatillo. Pestiferous, but easy to ignore because almost impossible to see (1 mm in size). One of these days I'd love to observe the courtship behavior, which apparently involves a male running circles around a female followed by a sequence of head-butting.

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