May 13 2008

Pony Party, a spider by any other name…

Neil and Peggy, ‘Four Strong Winds’

According to this Yahoo!News story, a scientist who discovered a new species of trapdoor spider has named it for Neil Young.

The new species is called ‘Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi’.  

‘Let’s Impeach the President”..

With my apologies to Roy Orbison, who had a species of beetle (Orectochilus orbisonorum) named after him earlier this year.

~73v

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    • RiaD on May 13, 2008 at 15:24
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    thanks 73!

  2. have you seen/heard it???? great stuff.

  3. of Strigiphilus garylarsoni, a biting louse named for Far Side cartoonist Gary Larson.  Here’s the wikipedia link.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S…

    P.S.  Neil’s my hero.  Heard him here in LA last November, with Peggy doing the warm-up.  Can’t say I’m crazy about her, but if she keeps him happy, well, good on her.

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