tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158187832024-03-13T19:27:47.077-05:00Circus of the SpinelessA monthly celebration of Insects, Arachnids, Molluscs, Crustaceans, Worms and most anything else that wiggles, crawls or flutters.Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818783.post-19489740857747487922012-01-29T08:27:00.002-06:002012-01-29T08:32:39.639-06:00Circus of the Spineless #69 is up!Bad bad bad carnival organizer!! I forgot to link to <a href="http://blog.wildaboutants.com/2012/01/01/circus-of-the-spineless-69/">January's carnival, Edition #69, over at the excellent Wild About Ants</a>, go there and read it now!!<br /><br />Now, we are only days away from the beautiful blog <a href="http://beastsinapopulouscity.blogspot.com/">Beasts in a Populous City</a>. Please send submissions to squidfan {at} gmx {dot} com!Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818783.post-14009845766597435522011-12-05T09:54:00.004-06:002011-12-05T10:04:26.767-06:00Circus of the Spineless #68 Is Up!Dave Hubble has the <a href="http://davehubbleecology.blogspot.com/2011/12/circus-of-spineless-68-gifts-galore.html?spref=tw">68th edition of the traveling Circus of the Spineless</a> up at his Ecology Spot. Make sure you head over there and wish his blog a happy 1st birthday too!<br /><br />Next month's Circus will travel to <a href="http://blog.wildaboutants.com/">Wild About Ants</a>, please send submissions to wildaboutants (at) gmail (dot) com.<span style="font-weight:bold;"> I am looking for hosts in April and beyond! </span>Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818783.post-33600787017000316282011-11-10T21:33:00.003-06:002011-12-05T10:03:49.093-06:00Circus of the Spineless #67 Is Up!I posted the <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/11/15764/">67th Circus of the spineless at Deep Sea News</a>. Check it out and also check out my plug for the #SciFund Challenge at the end. It's a really great idea and I hope you all fund some science research! <br /><br />The Circus will be traveling next month to <a href="http://davehubbleecology.blogspot.com/">Dave Hubble’s Ecology Spot</a>. Send next month’s submissions to dshubble at yahoo dot com by December 4th! Thanks for tuning in and supporting one of the longest running science blog carnivals.Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818783.post-79923821890020383982011-10-04T15:33:00.002-05:002011-10-04T16:10:55.463-05:00Circus of the Spineless #66 Is Up!Long time poster and hoster of the Circus, Wanderin' Weeta, has the <a href="http://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2011/10/circus-of-spineless-66.html">latest edition of the Circus up</a>! A fantastic selection of posts!<div><br /></div><div>Stayed tuned for instructions for next month's circus. You can send them my way for now, kzelnio at gmail dot com. </div>Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818783.post-25394627903464956732011-09-06T11:08:00.002-05:002011-09-06T11:15:44.950-05:00Circus of the Spineless #65 Is Up!Danna at The Cephalopodiatrist (see her for all your head-foot problems!) <a href="http://cephalopodiatrist.com/blog/2011/09/circus-of-the-spineless-65.html">has the latest edition of the Circus up</a>! Great stuff inside as always, another great month with plenty of submissions shows that the spineless community really enjoys keeping this Circus going!<div><br /></div><div>Next month's edition will be held at <a href="http://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/">Wanderin' Weeta's blog</a>, send your submissions to wanderinweeta at gmail dot com!</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 238, 221); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(68, 102, 102); "></span></div>Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818783.post-8212937731575064652011-08-08T11:58:00.003-05:002011-08-08T12:02:58.816-05:00Circus of the Spineless #64 is up!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">I have <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/evo-eco-lab/2011/08/08/welcome-to-the-circus-of-the-spineless-edition-64/">the latest Circus of the Spineless up</a> at my new Scientific American blog, EvoEcoLab.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">
<br /></span></div>Next month, the Circus travels to the <a href="http://cephalopodiatrist.com/" _mce_href="http://cephalopodiatrist.com/" target="_blank">Cephalopodiatrist</a> to get that embarrassing head-foot problem looked at. Send your submission to me to pass on to Danna! The gmail knows me as kzelnio.</span>Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818783.post-17078403965820102102011-07-18T13:19:00.002-05:002011-07-18T13:24:59.687-05:00July Circus is up!Jennifer Frazer has the June/July Circus of the Spineless up <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/2011/07/17/circus-of-the-spineless-63-5/">her shiny new Scientific American blog The Artful Amoeba</a>. An excellent resource for natural history. Make you check her previous couple posts out, she is truly a marvelous writer.<br /><br />Now that my shiny new Scientific American blog is up, I will be hosting the August Edition at <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/evo-eco-lab/">EvoEcoLab</a> on August 8th. So send me your submissions up till August 7th to kzelnio at gmail dot com!Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818783.post-37852205813738862042011-07-01T09:37:00.002-05:002011-07-01T09:51:40.723-05:00No June Circus, But There Is a July One!Sorry world, I flaked out in June. I was supposed to host it and got super busy with real life transitional stuff and writing. But I do have a July host and we are aiming for early to mid-July. I will forward all June submissions to her and you can contact Jennifer Frazer of the fabulous Artful Amoeba blog. You can send submissions to her at ranatrafusca at the yahoo.Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818783.post-29839036611076902102011-05-02T13:52:00.002-05:002011-05-02T13:59:22.110-05:00Circus of the Spineless #62 is up!Danna over at "Squid A Day" <a target="_blank" _mce_href="http://www.science20.com/squid_day/happy_may_day_circus_spineless_62-78581" href="http://www.science20.com/squid_day/happy_may_day_circus_spineless_62-78581">has the latest Circus of the Spineless up her place</a>! Go check out all the squishy goodness and please heed her plea for more polychaete blogging this month! <p>Need a host for July, October, and December this year. Don't be a sloth, race to the comments here to sign up for a slot and keep one of the longest running science blog carnivals going!</p><p>Send next month's submissions to... me! The gmail knows me as kzelnio. </p>Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818783.post-9144978816973406392011-04-04T19:55:00.002-05:002011-04-04T20:04:14.786-05:00Circus of the Spineless #61 is up!Zen at Neurodojo has <a href="http://neurodojo.blogspot.com/2011/04/circus-of-spineless-61-legs.html">the latest Circus up</a> and it all about LEGS! Go check it out, no shortage of great reading.<br /><br />Next edition is scheduled at Squid A Day blog by Danna. Send your submissions to her at dannajoy at gmail. Still looking for hosts to fill out the year: June, July, September, October and December.Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818783.post-70376854655909607732011-03-07T07:21:00.003-06:002011-03-07T07:30:51.017-06:00Circus of the Spineless #60 is Up!Bug Girl has the latest Circus of the Spineless up at <a href="http://membracid.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/circus-of-the-spineless-60/">her fabulous blog</a>! Lots of great nuggets in there. And well, Spring is in the air, so you know what that means *wink wink nudge nudge*.<br /><br />Next month is slated to be held at Zen's place, the <a href="http://neurodojo.blogspot.com/">Neurodojo</a>. Send your submissions to doctorzen at gmail by April 3rd. Looking for hosts for June and July. Keep the Circus traveling!Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818783.post-91070003145881218142011-02-07T20:52:00.001-06:002011-02-07T20:53:25.639-06:00Circus of the Spineless #59 is Up!<p>Malia of the fabulous blog <a target="_blank" href="http://shellandmantle.wordpress.com/">Shell and Mantle</a> did a wonderful job putting together the <a target="_blank" href="http://shellandmantle.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/circus-of-the-spineless-59/">latest edition of the Circus of the Spineless</a>! Lots of great posts which are interspersed with other fun images and videos of our spineless brethren. Of course the epic worm battle alone is worth seeing!</p>The amazing <a href="http://membracid.wordpress.com/">Bug Girl</a> is hosting the March edition, #60, over at her place. Send her your submissions before March 6th to get included - her email address is membracid, and it’s a Gmail.com account.. The Circus arrives the first Monday of each month. And finally, looking for hosts for June, July, September, October and December this year.Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818783.post-91916598212644093072011-01-13T07:43:00.003-06:002011-01-13T07:53:11.616-06:00Carnival of the Spineless #57 and 58 are up!December was a crazy month for me and I totally FAILed on getting the word out about Wandering Weeta's great Circus #57. <a href="http://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2010/12/happier-than-kings-circus-of-spineless.html">Go there and check out all the fantastic spineless writing</a>.<br /><br />This month's <a href="http://cephalove.southernfriedscience.com/?p=462">host is the Cephalove blog</a>. Yet another assortment of superb suppositions on spineless stuff. February will be hosted at <a href="http://shellandmantle.wordpress.com/">Shell and Mantle</a>, send submissions to shellandmantleATgmailDOTcom. Can't believe this is still going after 5 and a half years! Even when I mess up a month you guys take it by the tentacles and keep going with it. A testament to the passion and commitment of the online invertebrate writing community.<br /><br />Still looking for hosts for April and beyond.Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818783.post-53913455849061035152010-11-02T07:21:00.002-05:002010-11-02T07:49:20.227-05:00Circus of the Spineless #56 is up!Spooktacular Circus of the Spineless edition 56! <a href="http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2010/11/circus-of-the-spineless-no-56/">Head over to Cephalopodcast</a> to check out some great writing, backbone not required.<br /><br />Next month the Circus stops at <a href="http://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/">Wanderin Weeta</a>, send submissions to wanderinweeta at gmail dot com.<br /><br />Looking for host for March and beyond, please keep this long-running Circus long running!Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818783.post-71358035065378111282010-09-30T23:04:00.005-05:002010-09-30T23:09:04.970-05:00Circus of the Spineless #55 is up!Roberta at Wild About Ants has the latest edition of the Circus up!! Its a beautifully laid out edition - <a href="http://blog.wildaboutants.com/2010/09/30/circus-of-the-spineless-55-museum-of-invertebrate-art/">The Museum of Invertebrate Art</a>. Be sure to read it through. Great job Roberta!<br /><br />Next Month is a special Circus of the Spineless at Cephalopodcast. Why is it special? Because it coincides with Octopus Day!<br /><blockquote>Did you know that Friday, October 8 is International Cephalopod Awareness Day? Well, it is! This month's festivities will be hosted by Danna Joy Staaf at the Cephalopodiatrist blog: <a href="http://cephalopodday.org/" target="_blank">cephalopodday.org</a></blockquote>Send your submissions to cephalopodcast (at) gmail(dot)com. Also, always looking for more hosts to keep this Circus running! Sign up for any month after February.Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818783.post-30327423735332092442010-09-03T23:50:00.002-05:002010-09-03T23:54:39.519-05:00Circus of the Spineless #54 is up!<a href="http://hectocotyli.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/circus-of-the-spineless-54/">Hectocotyli has the latest edition up</a>! Its a great one, highly entertaining, so head over and take a gander!<br /><br />Roberta at the fabulous <a href="http://blog.wildaboutants.com/">Wild About Ants</a> is hosting the edition, send you submissions to wildaboutants AT gmail (dot) com.<br /><br />I'm still looking for hosts for December and beyond, please sign up!Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818783.post-68792914324331593542010-08-01T22:57:00.002-05:002010-08-01T23:03:52.803-05:00Circus of the Spineless #53 is up!<p>The latest <a href="http://www.birderslounge.com/2010/08/cots-53-spineless-specialties-menu/" target="_blank">Circus of the Spineless (edition #53! zOMG!) is up at Birder’s Lounge</a>. Amber has provided a wonderful assortment of spineless specialties on the menu for your culinary perusal.</p> <p><em><blockquote>“Ok, if you HAD to look at insects and their spineless ilk as food, what would your menu look like? Would it resemble the menus of birds, herps, mammals – even other insects?”</blockquote></em></p>Next edition will be over at <a href="http://hectocotyli.wordpress.com/">Hectocotyli's place</a>. Send contributions to hectocotyli>at>gmail>dot>com.<br /><br />Of course, I'm looking for hosts for December and beyond!Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818783.post-77916181348760638102010-07-01T07:15:00.002-05:002010-07-01T07:21:12.399-05:00Circus of the Spineless #52 is up!John at Kind of Curious <a href="http://www.kindofcurious.com/2010/06/circus-of-spineless-52.html">has the latest edition of the Circus up</a>, arranged in order of "grossness". Of course, its all in the eye of the beholder!<br /><br />Next month's edition is held at <a href="http://www.birderslounge.com/">The Birder's Lounge.</a> Use t<a href="http://www.birderslounge.com/contact/">his contact page to send submissions</a> to the Lounge. Also, still looking for hosts in September, December and I'll start taking names for the next year!Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818783.post-40156854121436760562010-06-04T12:36:00.003-05:002010-06-04T12:39:00.807-05:00Circus of the Spineless #51 is up!I posted the <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2010/06/circus-of-the-oiled-spineless-51-2/">51st edition of the Circus up at Deep Sea News</a>.<br /><br />Next month's edition will be hosted at <a href="http://www.kindofcurious.com/">Kind of Curious</a>. Send your submissions to KindofCurious2000 at gmail.<br /><br />I'm looking for hosts for September and December this year. Do your part to support this long running carnival!Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818783.post-46914748306253633922010-05-03T20:36:00.002-05:002010-05-03T20:45:18.606-05:00Circus of the Spineless #50 is up!No words can escape the pure unadulterated awesomeness that is <a href="http://arthropoda.wordpress.com/2010/05/03/circus-of-the-spineless-50/" target="_blank">Circus of the Spineless #50</a> over at the spectacular Arthropoda blog. Go for the DrosophApocalypse Now image, stay for the brilliance that is the Invertebrata. <p>Next month is hosted at <a href="http://deepseanews.com/">Deep Sea News</a>. Send your submissions by May 31 to deepseanews at gmail dot com. I'm looking for hosts for September, October and December this year. Do your part to support this long running carnival!<br /></p>Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818783.post-81114200644587498382010-04-06T09:43:00.001-05:002010-04-06T09:45:17.685-05:00Circus of the Spineless #49 is up!Xenogere has the <a href="http://xenogere.com/2010/04/06/circus-of-the-spineless-49-the-uncarnival-edition/">latest edition of the Circus of the Spineless </a>up! Its nicely written and has lots of excellent links to invertagoodness in it!<br /><br />Send next month's submissions to <a href="http://arthropoda.wordpress.com/contact/">Mike Bok at Arthropoda</a>.Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818783.post-424124033666653282010-03-09T16:24:00.002-06:002010-03-09T16:26:45.392-06:00CotS #48 up at Modern Naturalist!Not to be confused with the modern naturist, The Modern Naturalist <a href="http://matthewsarver.com/2010/02/circus-of-the-spineless-48-cabinet-of-curiousity/">has the latest Circus of the Spineless</a>!<br /><br />Please <a href="http://xenogere.com/contact/">send next month's submissions to Xenogere</a>.Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818783.post-45171650769997319642010-02-01T09:11:00.004-06:002010-02-01T10:55:25.827-06:00Circus of the Spineless #47 is up at Beetles in the Bush!Beetles in the Bush has the <a href="http://beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/circus-of-the-spineless-47">47th edition of the Circus of the Spineless</a> up! A nicely laid out post with 16 fabulous submissions spanning a wide range of terrestrial, marine and aquatic critters. <br /><br />Matthew Sarver from the <a href="http://matthewsarver.com/blog/">Modern Naturalist<br /></a> is hosting edition #48! You can submit entries <a href="http://matthewsarver.com/contact/">via his contact page</a>.<br /><br />Also, looking for hosts for after July.Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818783.post-62961028791661601122010-01-01T19:53:00.001-06:002010-01-01T19:55:46.190-06:00Circus of the Spineless #46 is up!Great job to Kate who posted the <a href="http://theurbanprimate.blogspot.com/2010/01/circus-of-spineless-46.html">latest installment of the Circus of the Spineless (#46!)</a> up at Adventures of a Free Range Urban Primate. A fantastic edition, I'm glad to see new faces in there.<br /><br />I'm looking for hosts for May and beyond. Leave a comment or send me an email if you'd like to host! Next month will be hosted by Ted at <a href="http://beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com/">Beetles in the Bush</a>, makes sure you get your submission in by January 30. You can <a href="http://beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com/contact/">contact him here</a>.Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818783.post-38102733610332970742009-12-15T19:22:00.002-06:002009-12-15T19:26:43.741-06:00Circus of the Spineless #45 up!<a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/12/circus_of_the_spineless_45.php">Greg Laden has the latest installment</a> of Circus of the Spineless. <br /><br />Be sure to get your submissions this month to <a href="http://theurbanprimate.blogspot.com/">Adventures of a Free Range Urban Primate</a>.Kevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com0