Tuesday 20 November 2012

Some True Shakespeare Nasties

Legionella Shakespearei - A species of Legionelle, the pathogenic bacterium which can causes Legionnaires' disease
Goetheana Shakespearei - A species of minute parasitic wasps (here seen mugging a thirps nymph)
Porcus Shakespearei - A period specific species of the dreadful genus 'Thespiana Overacticus' (Lord save us all)

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