Hexapod Haiku honorable mention - best haiga
Cissites Auriculata
A Love Story
A Love Story
"come away with me"
he said to the pretty girl
and she consented
they came to Texas
on a warm and sunny day
just two bugs in love
what did they dream of?
secret things not revealed by
entomology...
he said to the pretty girl
and she consented
they came to Texas
on a warm and sunny day
just two bugs in love
what did they dream of?
secret things not revealed by
entomology...
These three haiku arrived as part of a longer poem-story composed of 10 haiku (the three above represent the first, second, and final tercets) and five images sent to us by Ms. Cory Raymond of McAllen, Texas. The judges were impressed with the ambition of this set, and the love story (a classic poetic theme) of two beetles in an exotic land was wonderful. The story was biologically interesting because in that part of Texas Cissites auriculata (Coleoptera: Meloidae) is just spilling over from the northern end of its range. We also loved that these images also available on BugGuide!
