<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375437543163166340.post5388132142949673674..comments</id><updated>2009-12-30T11:34:09.348-06:00</updated><category term='centipedes and millipedes'/><category term='spiders'/><category term='snakes'/><category term='fish'/><category term='places'/><category term='news'/><category term='frogs and toads'/><category term='books'/><category term='videos'/><category term='birds'/><category term='Portraits of Nature'/><category term='Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge'/><category term='insects'/><category term='fungi and lichen'/><category term='arthropods'/><category term='wildflowers'/><category term='people'/><category term='fossils'/><category term='trees'/><category term='odd'/><category term='nature quotes'/><category term='cypress creek'/><category term='turtles'/><category term='ticks'/><category term='salamanders'/><category term='science'/><title type='text'>Comments on Nature at Close Range: Ugly Bug Contest</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/feeds/5388132142949673674/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/5388132142949673674/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/2009/12/ugly-bug-contest.html'/><author><name>Daniel Spurgeon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06657235685995551851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YS7D4A3EeLc/S7-N8vMIkLI/AAAAAAAAUpU/dAUU_FAFxRg/S220/9Z8O0259.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375437543163166340.post-4540729207983475003</id><published>2009-12-30T11:34:09.348-06:00</published><updated>2009-12-30T11:34:09.348-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Debi, yes- I really like the Crane Fly&amp;#39;s br...</title><content type='html'>Hi Debi, yes- I really like the Crane Fly&amp;#39;s bright green eyes- they are striking against the monotone of the rest of the insect!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/5388132142949673674/comments/default/4540729207983475003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/5388132142949673674/comments/default/4540729207983475003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/2009/12/ugly-bug-contest.html?showComment=1262194449348#c4540729207983475003' title=''/><author><name>Daniel Spurgeon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06657235685995551851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_YS7D4A3EeLc/R_RNAQGedgI/AAAAAAAAGRI/BlsJE77SymM/S220/owl.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/2009/12/ugly-bug-contest.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375437543163166340.post-5388132142949673674' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/posts/default/5388132142949673674' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-990439653'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375437543163166340.post-7107172196163087246</id><published>2009-12-30T10:51:59.470-06:00</published><updated>2009-12-30T10:51:59.470-06:00</updated><title type='text'>I like these guys.  Always bumbling around, flying...</title><content type='html'>I like these guys.  Always bumbling around, flying into things they&amp;#39;ve not business flying into.  Lovely shade of green, don&amp;#39;tcha think?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/5388132142949673674/comments/default/7107172196163087246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/5388132142949673674/comments/default/7107172196163087246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/2009/12/ugly-bug-contest.html?showComment=1262191919470#c7107172196163087246' title=''/><author><name>The Giraffe Head Tree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11163787271055203400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01891835579632705475'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GK6kwu4Z-Es/SVafzGEnXkI/AAAAAAAABIo/t9tt-jNQSDs/S220/GHT+avatar+135x104.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/2009/12/ugly-bug-contest.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375437543163166340.post-5388132142949673674' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/posts/default/5388132142949673674' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1322570527'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375437543163166340.post-7311459562708400418</id><published>2009-12-26T21:47:44.391-06:00</published><updated>2009-12-26T21:47:44.391-06:00</updated><title type='text'>He&amp;#39;s a real winner...er...loser in my book Dan...</title><content type='html'>He&amp;#39;s a real winner...er...loser in my book Daniel! My house got full of them this spring when we were bringing in furniture from our move! I thought they would never stop showing up in here!! Yuck!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/5388132142949673674/comments/default/7311459562708400418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/5388132142949673674/comments/default/7311459562708400418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/2009/12/ugly-bug-contest.html?showComment=1261885664391#c7311459562708400418' title=''/><author><name>Eve</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06554593974838511759</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03626993633330350429'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_vn4MsIEVq-8/R92Q5WeAi5I/AAAAAAAAAD0/WARSxdQpSZA/S220/Hi!.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/2009/12/ugly-bug-contest.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375437543163166340.post-5388132142949673674' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/posts/default/5388132142949673674' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-764307422'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375437543163166340.post-2096248797595167528</id><published>2009-12-26T14:41:04.134-06:00</published><updated>2009-12-26T14:41:04.134-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Granny always called those Gal Nippers.</title><content type='html'>Granny always called those Gal Nippers.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/5388132142949673674/comments/default/2096248797595167528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/5388132142949673674/comments/default/2096248797595167528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/2009/12/ugly-bug-contest.html?showComment=1261860064134#c2096248797595167528' title=''/><author><name>Gail</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479223227928561</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qJqiUpmk0d8/SzTFaWvBaHI/AAAAAAAAFgI/qY8o41kZGCI/S220/DSCF9694.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/2009/12/ugly-bug-contest.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375437543163166340.post-5388132142949673674' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/posts/default/5388132142949673674' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1955943746'/></entry></feed>
