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That Gunk on Your Car

Posted by Coturnix on March 8, 2007
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Jonah points to link by Kottke to series of close-up photos of insects splatered on windshields. The images are truly cool and not gross at all.

This immediately reminded me of a funny, yet excellent book I read a few years ago, That Gunk on Your Car: A Unique Guide to Insects of North America by Mark Hostetler, which helps you identify the insects by the shape, size and color of the splatter they leave on your windshield.

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  1. #1 Pe§
    March 9, 2007

    Reminds me of the old joke: what’s the last thing to go through a fly’s mind as it hits the windshield? Its arse.

  2. #2 Peter McGrath
    March 9, 2007

    Erratum: don’t know how I came out the name above…