apology to a fly

 

i originally named you Phthiria relativitae, but now you are a Poecilognathus

it was short-lived, and you were happy then;

i am very sorry, but you are no longer a funny fly

 

(by neal evenhuis)

 

diagnostic characters

 

to give a newly discovered species its identity and immortal name

we tear out its distinctive genitalia to macerate and draw them

you have to be cruel to be kind

spider

 

you have eight legs so you don’t belong

but most of the time

you’re still an honorary bug

 

(by anna solecki)