This funny gardening t shirt features three cute kawaii potted plants that have been the victims of a "Serial plant killer". One is wilted and mad; another is losing leaves and sad; he has a little wooden "Help!" sign; the last is already gone and has a small tombstone to mark its passing. This shirt would be perfect for anyone with awful luck with plants or a great gift for the gardener with a black thumb. The design is available printed on either a black, hemp green, or grass green comfort t-shirt; the choice is yours! It could fit into any outfit, be styled many ways, and be dressed up or down. The soft-washed, garment-dyed fabric in this shirt brings extra coziness to your wardrobe, while the relaxed fit makes it an excellent daily choice. The pre-shrunk fabric ensures a consistently great fit. All sizes of this shirt are the same price; no one should ever feel like they are being penalized for having a different shape and have to pay more for the same fashion. These are unisex t-shirts; please refer to the size chart in the pictures to choose the correct size chart in the listing photos for your size choice. For an oversize fit, choose at least one size up. All Comfort Colors shirts feature pre-shrunk cotton for size retention and have a signature sewn-in twill label. The garment is dyed after it's been constructed, giving it a soft color and texture. Made by Gildan using 100% US cotton that is ethically grown and harvested. Gildan is also a proud member of the US Cotton Trust Protocol, ensuring ethical and sustainable means of production. Machine wash: cold (maximum 30 °C or 90 °F). Do not bleach. Tumble dry on low heat. Iron with steam or dry on low heat, if desired. Do not dry-clean. The Comfort Colors tees are made with medium fabric consisting of high quality, 100% ring-spun US cotton for long-lasting comfort.
Last year I wrote a post about Cordyceps (including a video narrated by David Attenborough). The fungus fascinates me. This Carolina leaf-roller (Camptonotus carolinensis) has succumbed to an infection by a species of Cordyceps, a genus of entomopathogenic fungi. Cordyceps are well-known for inducing changes in insect behaviour, making them climb plants before they die. When the fruiting bodies burst forth from the insect, this high position helps spread the fungal spores to new victims. Photo by myriorama, via Electric Orchids and Titam et le Sirop d'Erable.
Valerian (Valeriana officinalis) is a lovely garden plant with pinkish-white aromatic flowers. A perennial to Zone 4, valerian thrives in sun to partial shade, is easily propagated, and requires little care. Plant it in the back of your garden, though, since it can grow up to six feet tall! Valerian is more than a garden... Read More
Insects, fish and even lizards have fallen victim to the gaping jaws of the world's scariest carnivorous plants.
When landscaper Baxley Powell¿s shovel strikes a human skull, she bargains with the sheriff. If she solves the cold case, she becomes his new crime consultant. She sees the victim¿s face while dreamwalking, but linking her vision to tangible proof isn¿t easy.Meanwhile, Native Americans protest that their burial grounds are being disturbed, prompting a media circus. Then Baxley discovers a murder victim on the same property, landing her in the suspect pool. Worse, her privacy-seeking client fires her.A telltale white streak develops in Baxley¿s hair overnight. Between landscaping, pet sitting, and dreamwalking, this single mom can¿t catch a break. With a killer dogging her heels and spirits worrying her mind, Baxley dreams of justice for the dead and solace for the living. | Author: Maggie Toussaint | Publisher: Muddle House Publishing | Publication Date: Oct 19, 2017 | Number of Pages: 256 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback | ISBN-10: 0996770690 | ISBN-13: 9780996770699
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We spend a lot of time here at Cracked pointing out horrors of nature that slither on the land and lurch through the sea. But staying under the radar in nature's landscape of nightmares is the twisted carnival of things that grow out of the ground.
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There’s some advantage to growing herbs in pots and keeping them in the kitchen window sill. When you want a sprig of thyme or a few basil leaves to add to your pizza, they will
A leaky pool, sanitation issues, and a deteriorating roof at Miami Seaquarium’s killer whale stadium are threatening the welfare of orca Lolita and the dolphins housed in the oldest, smallest, and …
Killer and victim, predator and prey, the dichotomy of death. The traditional roles in murder and evil - what happens when the roles are reversed? These tales of vengeance and evil will thrill and disturb you on many levels-sometimes the line between good and evil gets blurred beyond recognition. Seventeen tales from the archives of The Dark Collective: Inner Demon Ancestral Right To Dream of Death Winter of Disconnection Dog Eat Dog World Drowned Secrets Thorn in My Side Hanky Cranky Planting Seeds of the Future | Author: Lauren Patzer | Publisher: Blue Forge Press | Publication Date: May 01, 2023 | Number of Pages: 194 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback | ISBN-10: 1590928717 | ISBN-13: 9781590928714
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With colourful, fluid-filled leaves, pungent scents, glistening glue and grasping tentacles, Sundew lure their victims (flies, midges & bugs) to a nasty end. Carnivorous plants are unique in that they attract, trap and derive benefit from digesting their prey. There are three species of Sundew native to Ireland. Please press L to view large.
This fast-moving killer with two large head crests would have sent peaceful, plant-eating dinosaurs scattering in terror as it galloped toward them . Dilophosaurus was slender , agile, and built for speed. It could have easily out run most dinosaurs that shared it's world and, armed with sharp - clawed hands and feet, it was capable of tearing through it's victims soft flesh with ease. Scientists are not sure why Dilophosaurus had the curious pair of bony crests on top of it's head. They were far too fragile to be used by male's when courting females or in warning displays to intimidate rivals.
The small bird preys on mice, lizards, and other birds. The species can be found in can be found in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Photo: Wikipedia Commons Ah, the tomato. A much beloved fruit, although many enthusiasts of Lycopersicon esculentus might give it a second thought if they knew that it is spawn of the nightshade family (Solanaceae), which contains many very poisonous species. But there's obviously no issues with eating the ripe plump succulent fruit, or our world's population would not be what it is. You'll not want to graze on the foliage, however, as it contains small amounts of various toxins, true to the tomato's nightshade heritage. There is one very prominent tomato foliage feeder, much to the dismay of hard-working tomato growers. It is the larva of one of our flashiest moths, the Carolina sphinx, Manduca sexta. Its caterpillars are also quite showy, although their good looks don't often win them a pass from peeved tomatoists. Nor from a very deadly parasitoid wasp. One of my co-workers mentioned that she had plenty of tobacco hornworms noshing on her tomato crop, and that many were victimized by a very interesting and oft-seen hornworm predator. I convinced her to cup one up and bring it into the office so I could capture some images, and she most kindly did just that. NOMENCLATURE NOTE: Sometimes caterpillar common names are confusing, and this is one of those cases. Manduca sexta is an example of a moth that has different names for the adult (Carolina sphinx) and the larva (tobacco hornworm). In this case, it is doubly confusing as there is also a tomato hornworm, Manduca quinquemaculata, larva of the five-spotted hawk moth. It is also a nightshade specialist, but is far less commonly found on tomatoes than is the tobacco hornworm. The common names of these two species should probably switched for clarity's sake. In any event, you probably couldn't help but to notice all of those little whitish tubes bristling from the hornworm caterpillar, and if you grow tomatoes, you've probably seen this with your own eyes. These tiny sacs are the cocoons of a parasitoid braconid wasp, Cotesia congregata. Photo: Beatriz Moisset/Wikipedia Commons The wasps are tiny indeed, as can be seen in this image. Note how neatly the tips of the cocoons rupture when the adult wasp pushes its way out. Female Cotesia wasps seek out tobacco hornworms, and when a victim is located, she'll inject numerous eggs into its tissue with a needlelike ovipositor. Along with the eggs comes symbiotic viruses that hamper the caterpillar's defense systems. The wasp eggs hatch in about two days, and the little grublets begin devouring the nonvital soft parts of the caterpillar's innards. About two weeks after the wasp grubs hatch, they'll be mature and then burst through the hornworm's skin and form the strange little cottony cocoons that have given many a gardener pause. A week or so later, the adult wasps will emerge from the cocoons, find other Cotesia wasps of the opposite sex, mate, and begin the cycle anew. By this point in the cycle, the caterpillar will have perished, its inner workings too ravished by the wasp grubs for it to survive. Nature is chock full of predators on every level, and the hornworm/Cotesia wasp dynamic is an especially obvious example of a predator-prey relationship that would normally go unnoticed. I recently wrote about two similar but far less seen parasitoids HERE. Were it not for the legions of predators engaging and killing their legions of victims, ecosystems would go wacky. Even though some of the tactics employed by insect predators - especially, perhaps, the parasitoids - seem grisly, they are also fascinating studies. In this case, we have a plant - the tomato - that has evolved chemical toxicity that is effective enough to exclude most caterpillars from eating its foliage. Some tubular warriors will always manage to battle through the plant's chemical defense systems, and in this case the hornworm is the conqueror. It wins two prizes, as not only does the caterpillar get to nosh on tomato foliage free of competing herbivores, it also sequesters the nightshade's toxins and thus becomes unpalatable to most predators. Nothing is enemy-free, however - enter the parasitoid Cotesia congregata wasp. But the wasp undoubtedly has its enemies as well. It may well be victimized by even more devious hyperparasitoids - other wasps whose larvae consume those of the parasitoid. Even if that doesn't happen, the adult wasps are vulnerable to scores of predatory insects, songbirds, and others. A bit of hornworm management advice. Most gardeners don't want their tomato crop depleted by ravenous caterpillars, so if you see caterpillars bristling with wasp cocoons, leave some be. They'll hatch more wasps and in this case the wasp is the gardener's friend. Better yet, set aside a small patch of tomatoes and allow the hornworm caterpillars to have at them. With luck, a few will make it all of the way to adulthood, and then your yard will be graced by one of our coolest moths, as SEEN HERE.
