Circus of the Spineless #53 is up!

The latest Circus of the Spineless (edition #53! zOMG!) is up at Birder’s Lounge. Amber has provided a wonderful assortment of spineless specialties on the menu for your culinary perusal.

“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?”

Next edition will be over at Hectocotyli's place. Send contributions to hectocotyli>at>gmail>dot>com.

Of course, I'm looking for hosts for December and beyond!

Circus of the Spineless #52 is up!

John at Kind of Curious has the latest edition of the Circus up, arranged in order of "grossness". Of course, its all in the eye of the beholder!

Next month's edition is held at The Birder's Lounge. Use this contact page to send submissions to the Lounge. Also, still looking for hosts in September, December and I'll start taking names for the next year!

Circus of the Spineless #51 is up!

I posted the 51st edition of the Circus up at Deep Sea News.

Next month's edition will be hosted at Kind of Curious. Send your submissions to KindofCurious2000 at gmail.

I'm looking for hosts for September and December this year. Do your part to support this long running carnival!

Circus of the Spineless #50 is up!

No words can escape the pure unadulterated awesomeness that is Circus of the Spineless #50 over at the spectacular Arthropoda blog. Go for the DrosophApocalypse Now image, stay for the brilliance that is the Invertebrata.

Next month is hosted at Deep Sea News. 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!

Circus of the Spineless #49 is up!

Xenogere has the latest edition of the Circus of the Spineless up! Its nicely written and has lots of excellent links to invertagoodness in it!

Send next month's submissions to Mike Bok at Arthropoda.

CotS #48 up at Modern Naturalist!

Not to be confused with the modern naturist, The Modern Naturalist has the latest Circus of the Spineless!

Please send next month's submissions to Xenogere.

Circus of the Spineless #47 is up at Beetles in the Bush!

Beetles in the Bush has the 47th edition of the Circus of the Spineless up! A nicely laid out post with 16 fabulous submissions spanning a wide range of terrestrial, marine and aquatic critters.

Matthew Sarver from the Modern Naturalist
is hosting edition #48! You can submit entries via his contact page.

Also, looking for hosts for after July.

Circus of the Spineless #46 is up!

Great job to Kate who posted the latest installment of the Circus of the Spineless (#46!) up at Adventures of a Free Range Urban Primate. A fantastic edition, I'm glad to see new faces in there.

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 Beetles in the Bush, makes sure you get your submission in by January 30. You can contact him here.

Circus of the Spineless #45 up!

Greg Laden has the latest installment of Circus of the Spineless.

Be sure to get your submissions this month to Adventures of a Free Range Urban Primate.

Circus of the Spineless 43 and 44 up!

I can't believe I missed letting ya'll know that #43 was up at Quiche Moraine! I must have been too busy reading it last month and forgot all about updating this page. I am sure everyone noticed anyways because QM should be in EVERYONE's rss feed anyways.

Marmorkrebs has #44 up now as well. It is an action-packed crunchy and squishy love fest. Let's get a little more squishy love next month when the Circus of the Spineless is hosted at Greg Laden's blog! Send all your submissions to Greg.

Wanderin' Weeta Has a Confession!

Find out about it at Circus of the Spineless #42, hosted by Wandering Weeta (with Waterfowl and Weeds)! A wonderful job!

Send next month's submissions for Quiche Moraine to Greg Laden at greg at gregladen dot com.

New (Belated) Circus Is Up!

I'm sorry guys, I've been drinking too much with the Southern Fried Scientist that he just passes out before he can even open his laptop. Well, he sobered up enough to post the 42nd edition of the Circus of the Spineless. Go check it out, lots of good stuff there!

Get your submissions in to Wanderin' Weeta by the end of the month for the next edition of the Circus! Her email address is in the profile.

Get Your Circus Submissions in NOW

Today is the last day to get in your submissions for the 41st Circus of the Spineless, hosted by Southern Fried Science. Send them to southernfriedscientist at gmail dot com.

Also, I totally FAILED to promote last months Circus. The Cheshire blog did a superb job at putting together Edition #40. Go check it out!

Circus of the Spineless #39 Is Up!

Bug Girl's Blog is the host of this months Circus of the Spineless! Plenty of insects and arachnids with a smattering of marine inverts for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy some fine nature writing and photography!

Submit your entries for next month at the Cheshire Blog. Contact Info is on this page.

Its CotS Time Again!! #38 at the Birder's Lounge!

Hey! Wait a second! Don't birds eat invertebrate!? I guess the Birder's Lounge are trying to redeem themselves with a fantastic #38th edition of the Circus of the Spineless! Make sure to check it out, it has cool clickable images!

Send next month's submissions to Bug Girl, her contact info is on this webpage.

New Circus up at Living the Scientific Life!

Circus of the Spineless #37 is up at Grrlscientist's blog, Living the Scientific Life!

Send next month's submissions to Birder's Lounge.

Circus of the Spineless #36 Is Up!

Ed, the keeper of the Invertebrate Diaries, has the 36th edition of the Circus of the Spineless up! Head over there straight away for all your boneless entertainment.

Send in Your Circus of the Spineless Submissions!

The next edition of the Circus of the Spineless will be held at the Invertebrate Diaries. Send in your submissions from this month to edwbaker at googlemail dot com by Midnight GMT Saturday, February 28th. The Circus is scheduled for Monday, March 2. Looking forward to all the de-boned articles!

Send in Circus of the Spineless #36 submissions

The next edition of the Circus of the Spineless will be held at the Invertebrate Diaries. Send in your submissions from this month to edwbaker at googlemail dot com by Midnight GMT Saturday, February 28th.

Circus of the Spineless #35 Posted and New Badge!

The 35th edition of the Circus of the Spineless is posted at The Other 95%. We are looking pretty good for hosts, but please do sign up for subsequent months after July. You can leave a comment here if you are interested in hosting!

Daniel from Biochemical Soul made this is awesome carnival badge for the Circus! He gave us full permission to use it for future Circuses. I posted the full file above and users can resize as they see fit for their posts. Thanks a ton Daniel!

The Circus is Under New Management!

Hopefully the Circus of the Spineless has not left your feeds. It is my pleasure to take this masterpiece of a blog carnival over the hands of Tony G and Nuthatch and keep it going. I'm looking forward to working with the invertablogging community and keeping my favorite Circus in the run.

Please contact me at kzelnio at gmail dot com to sign up for a hosting spot or leave a comment here. I'll put together a carnival for February at The Other 95% and need your help to get the word out and line up hosts for the upcoming months. Stay tuned for the upcoming link to the CotS revival!

Sorry . . .

The Circus of the Spineless has been suspended until a new host can be found. If you have an interest in taking over these duties, please contact me at hurricanetg@hotmail.com

NEW CotS

Circus of the Spineless is much delayed this month because of an interminable work schedule on my part. Please send your submissions to me at hurricanetg@hotmail.com and i'll get the issue out this weekend. Sorry for the delay, and thanks for your continued support.

p.s. we have a host for September, but are looking beyond. If you're interested in hosting please drop me a line at the address above.

Circus of the Spineless #33 is Up!!

Word is in from Laurent . . . Circus of the Spineless 33 has just been posted!

Check it out here:

http://seedsaside.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/circus-of-the-spineless/

And be sure to drop a thanks and congrats in the comments!!

Circus #33 Coming up!

Yep, time to get those submissions of your favorite posts over to Laurent!

Edition #33 (May 2008) will be at Seeds Aside.

Your submissions should be sent to: Laurent: seedsaside (at) gmail (dot) com

Coming up

Edition #34 will be at Gossamer Tapestry.

Your submissions will be due June 29, 2008 and you can send them to: Doug Taron at dtaron (at) gmail.com

and we're looking for hosts for July and beyond! contact tony g at hurricanetg(a)hotmail.com

Circus 32 needs to be keyed out!

The brilliance of Deep Sea News' 32nd edition of the Circus of the Spineless is in the dichotomous key Kevin devised to get you from point A to point Z. Wish i'd come up with that. Brilliant, just brilliant!

Circus #32 is about to go online!

Get your submissions off for Circus of the Spineless #32 (especially posts about the ultimate, and intelligentist, class of invertebratadudes, the Mollusca) now! The next edition will be at Deep Sea News http://scienceblogs.com/deepseanews/

send your submissions pronto to Kevin at kaz146 (at) psu.edu

Edition #33 will be at Seeds Aside.

Your submissions will be due May 30, 2008 and you can send them to: Laurent: seedsaside (at) gmail (dot) com

Edition #34 will be at Gossamer Tapestry.

Your submissions will be due June 29, 2008 and you can send them to: Doug Taron at dtaron (at) gmail.com

and we're looking for hosts for July and beyond! contact tony g at hurricanetg(a)hotmail.com

Circus #32 on the horizon!

Start getting your posts ready for Circus of the Spineless #32 (especially posts about the ultimate, and intelligentist, class of invertebratadudes, the Mollusca). The next edition will be at Deep Sea News http://scienceblogs.com/deepseanews/

send your submissions by April 29, 2008 to Kevin at kaz146(at)psu.edu

Edition #34 will be at Gossamer Tapestry.

Your submissions will be due May 30, 2008 and you can send them to: Doug Taron at dtaron (at) gmail.com

and we're looking for hosts for May and July and beyond! contact tony g at hurricanetg(a)hotmail.com

March Circus #31 has been posted!

There is a beautiful new Circus of the Spineless posted here: http://attleborobio.blogspot.com/2008/04/circus-of-spineless.html

Please go check it out and comment.

Many thanks to Jim Lemire for the wonderful work (even if it includes snail-bashing!)

#32 will be at Deep Sea News http://scienceblogs.com/deepseanews/

send your submissions by April 29, 2008 to Kevin at kaz146(at)psu.edu

and we're looking for hosts for May and beyond! contact tony g at hurricanetg(a)hotmail.com

Circus #30 has been posted!

From John Beetham:

Circus of the Spineless #30 is now online. You can find the current edition here:

http://dendroica.blogspot.com/2008/02/carnival-of-spineless.html

Thanks to everyone who submitted posts for this edition of the carnival.

our next host (for March, #31) will be at Archaea to Zeaxanthol http://attleborobio.blogspot.com/

send your submissions by March 30, 2008 to jim.lemire(at)gmail.com

#32 will be at Deep Sea News http://scienceblogs.com/deepseanews/

send your submissions by April 29, 2008 to Kevin at kaz146(at)psu.edu

and we're looking for hosts for May and beyond! contact tony g at hurricanetg(a)hotmail.com

Submissions due for Circus #30

The next issue of Circus of the Spineless is at A D.C. Birding Blog http://dendroica.blogspot.com/

send your submissions pronto to empidonax(at)gmail.com

our next host (for March, #31) will be at Archaea to Zeaxanthol http://attleborobio.blogspot.com/

send your submissions by March 30, 2008 to jim.lemire(at)gmail.com

#32 will be at Deep Sea News http://scienceblogs.com/deepseanews/

send your submissions by April 29, 2008 to Kevin at kaz146(at)psu.edu

and we're looking for hosts for May and beyond! contact tony g at hurricanetg(a)hotmail.com

Circus #29 has been posted!

Circus of the Spineless #29 has been posted at Andrea's Buzzing About here. Thanks for the wonderful job!

Future Circuses will be at:

#30 will be at A D.C. Birding Blog http://dendroica.blogspot.com/

send your submissions by February 27, 2008 to empidonax(at)gmail.com

#31 will be at Archaea to Zeaxanthol http://attleborobio.blogspot.com/

send your submissions by March 30, 2008 to jim.lemire(at)gmail.com

#32 will be at Deep Sea News http://scienceblogs.com/deepseanews/

send your submissions by April 29, 2008 to Kevin at kaz146(at)psu.edu

And of course, we’re looking for hosts for May and beyond!

Looking for Circus #29 Submissions!

Time to get your Circus of the Spineless submissions in. Issue #29 is being hosted by Andrea’s Buzzing About: http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/

send your submissions by January 31, 2008 to araychandler(at)yahoo.com

Future Circuses will be at:

#30 will be at A D.C. Birding Blog http://dendroica.blogspot.com/

send your submissions by February 27, 2008 to empidonax(at)gmail.com

#31 will be at Archaea to Zeaxanthol http://attleborobio.blogspot.com/

send your submissions by March 30, 2008 to jim.lemire(at)gmail.com

And of course, we’re looking for hosts for April and beyond!

Catalogue hosting #28 Now!

Christopher Taylor has rung up the new year with a gorgeous post for Circus of the Spineless #28 at Catalogue of Organisms. Be sure to check out all the great writing among our contributors, plus peruse Chris's superb blog, and drop off a comment or two. See you in 2008.

#29 will be at Andrea’s Buzzing About: http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/

send your submissions by January 30, 2008 to araychandler(at)yahoo.com

#30 will be at A D.C. Birding Blog http://dendroica.blogspot.com/

send your submissions by February 27, 2008 to empidonax(at)gmail.com

#31 will be at Archaea to Zeaxanthol http://attleborobio.blogspot.com/

send your submissions by March 30, 2008 to jim.lemire(at)gmail.com

And of course, we’re looking for hosts for April and beyond!

Spineless #28 looking for submissions now!

Hey Folks, because Chris has an early deadline, AND we'd like him to enjoy some holiday time too, the submission date for the December issue of Circus of the Spinless is December 22nd -- that's Saturday. Please send him your nominations for your favorite invert posts by then. He expects to post on December 27th.

#28 will be at Catalogue of Organisms http://catalogue-of-organisms.blogspot.com/

send your submission to gerarus(at)westnet.com.au

#29 will be at Andrea’s Buzzing About: http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/

send your submissions by January 30, 2008 to araychandler(at)yahoo.com

#30 will be at A D.C. Birding Blog http://dendroica.blogspot.com/

send your submissions by February 27, 2008 to empidonax(at)gmail.com

#31 will be at Archaea to Zeaxanthol http://attleborobio.blogspot.com/

send your submissions by March 30, 2008 to jim.lemire(at)gmail.com

And of course, we’re looking for hosts for April and beyond!

Spineless Circus #27 has blasted off!

The creativity of Spineless hosts always surprises me. So i am with Circus #27 hosted by Patrick Belardo at The Hawk Owl's Nest. Check out his haikuish wonder here.

#28 will be at Catalogue of Organisms http://catalogue-of-organisms.blogspot.com/

send your submission by December 22 to gerarus(at)westnet.com.au

#29 will be at Andrea’s Buzzing About: http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/

send your submissions by January 30, 2008 to araychandler(at)yahoo.com

#30 will be at A D.C. Birding Blog http://dendroica.blogspot.com/

send your submissions by February 27, 2008 to empidonax(at)gmail.com

#31 will be at Archaea to Zeaxanthol http://attleborobio.blogspot.com/

send your submissions by March 30, 2008 to jim.lemire(at)gmail.com

And of course, we’re looking for hosts for April and beyond!

Circus #27 Time!

Circus Time Again!

Yep! It's Time for the Circus of the Spineless #27. Send your submissions to pbelardo(at)yahoo.com by this Sunday, so they can be posted at The Hawk Owl’s Nest

http://hawkowl.blogspot.com/

#28 will be at Catalogue of Organisms http://catalogue-of-organisms.blogspot.com/

send your submission by December 22 to gerarus(at)westnet.com.au

#29 will be at Andrea’s Buzzing About: http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/

send your submissions by January 30, 2008 to araychandler(at)yahoo.com

#30 will be at A D.C. Birding Blog http://dendroica.blogspot.com/

send your submissions by February 27, 2008 to empidonax(at)gmail.com

#31 will be at Archaea to Zeaxanthol http://attleborobio.blogspot.com/

send your submissions by March 30, 2008 to jim.lemire(at)gmail.com

And of course, we’re looking for hosts for April and beyond!

ENV: The Circus is on!

Kevin has posted a fantastic Circus of the Spineless #26 at The Other 95%. Check it out here, and let Kevin know what you think of his work!

And keep these in mind for the future . . .

#27 will be at The Hawk Owl’s Nest http://hawkowl.blogspot.com/

send your submissions by November 29 to pbelardo(at)yahoo.com

#28 will be at Catalogue of Organisms http://catalogue-of-organisms.blogspot.com/

send your submission by December 30 to gerarus(at)westnet.com.au

#29 will be at Andrea’s Buzzing About: http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/

send your submissions by January 30, 2008 to araychandler(at)yahoo.com

#30 will be at A D.C. Birding Blog http://dendroica.blogspot.com/

send your submissions by February 27, 2008 to empidonax(at)gmail.com

And of course, we’re looking for hosts for March and beyond!

http://invertebrates.blogspot.com

Time for Circus #26

Circus Time Again!

Yep! It's Time for the Circus of the Spineless #26. Send your submissions to to kaz146(at)psu.edu pronto, so we can get a peek at them at The Other 95% !

#27 will be at The Hawk Owl’s Nest http://hawkowl.blogspot.com/

send your submissions by November 29 to pbelardo(at)yahoo.com

#28 will be at Catalogue of Organisms http://catalogue-of-organisms.blogspot.com/

send your submission by December 30 to gerarus(at)westnet.com.au

#29 will be at Andrea’s Buzzing About: http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/

send your submissions by January 30, 2008 to araychandler(at)yahoo.com

#30 will be at A D.C. Birding Blog http://dendroica.blogspot.com/

send your submissions by February 27, 2008 to empidonax(at)gmail.com

And of course, we’re looking for hosts for March and beyond!

http://invertebrates.blogspot.com

Putting up the Big Top!

Circus Time Again!

Yep! It's Time for the Circus of the Spineless #25. Send your submissions to by September 30 to thebudak(at)gmail.com by this Saturday, so they can be posted at The Annotated Budak

#26 will be at The Other 95% http://other95.blogspot.com

send your submissions by October 30 to kaz146(at)psu.edu

#27 will be at The Hawk Owl’s Nest http://hawkowl.blogspot.com/

send your submissions by November 29 to pbelardo(at)yahoo.com

#28 will be at Catalogue of Organisms http://catalogue-of-organisms.blogspot.com/

send your submission by December 30 to gerarus(at)westnet.com.au

#29 will be at Andrea’s Buzzing About: http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/

send your submissions by January 30, 2008 to araychandler(at)yahoo.com

#30 will be at A D.C. Birding Blog http://dendroica.blogspot.com/

send your submissions by February 27, 2008 to empidonax(at)gmail.com

And of course, we’re looking for hosts for March and beyond!

http://invertebrates.blogspot.com

Circus #24 is Up!

Yep, that's two year's worth!!

Check it out at Naturalist Notebook here! Very, very nice work!

Tags: blogs, culture, science, environment, bugs

It's Circus Time Again!

Yep! It's Time. Send your submissions to dpixie(at)demented-pixie.com by this Friday, so they can be posted on the newly redesigned and lovely Naturalist Notebook

#25 will be at The Annotated Budak http://budak.blogs.com/

send your submission by September 29 to thebudak(at)gmail.com

#26 will be at The Other 95% http://other95.blogspot.com

send your submissions by October 30 to kaz146(at)psu.edu

#27 will be at The Hawk Owl’s Nest http://hawkowl.blogspot.com/

send your submissions by November 29 to pbelardo(at)yahoo.com

#28 will be at Catalogue of Organisms http://catalogue-of-organisms.blogspot.com/

send your submission by December 30 to gerarus(at)westnet.com.au

#29 will be at Andrea’s Buzzing About: http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/

send your submissions by January 30, 2008 to araychandler(at)yahoo.com

#30 will be at A D.C. Birding Blog http://dendroica.blogspot.com/

send your submissions by February 27, 2008 to empidonax(at)gmail.com

And of course, we’re looking for hosts for March and beyond!

http://invertebrates.blogspot.com

Circus #23 is now UP!

This word just in from Roger:

Hi,

Just a quick note to let you know that the 23rd edition of Circus of the Spineless is now on-line at: Words & Pictures

cheers,
Roger B.
http://pinguicula.typepad.com/blog
http://uknhb.blogspot.com


Tags: blogs, culture, science, environment, bugs, milkriverblog

Yup, it's Circus of the Spineless Time!

We're on the cusp of our second anniversary already, and here to take on the penultimate version of our first fifth of a decade is Roger at Words & Pictures! Many thanks to him for stepping up to the plate for this. You can email submissions for July to him directly by the 30th. And thanks for making the Circus one of the best Carnivals online!

We’ve had some excellent bloggers step up to the plate for the next few issues. Put these on your calendar:

#24 will be at Naturalist Notebook
send your submissions by August 30 to Summer here at her gorgeous new blog

#25 will be at The Annotated Budak
send your submission by September 29 to Marcus here

#26 will be at The Other 95%
send your submissions by October 30 to Kevin here

#27 will be at The Hawk Owl’s Nest
send your submissions by November 29 to Patrick here

And of course, we’re looking for hosts for December and beyond!

all my best, tony g
milk river film, ingram, texas
http://invertebrates.blogspot.com
http://milkriver.blogspot.com
http://youtube.com/milkriverfilm

Circus of the Spineless # 22 is UP!

Bev has served up a wonderful plate of invertebrate delicacies at Burning Silo for Circus of the Spineless #22. Please give it a check here, and help spread the word via your blog.

We’ve had some excellent bloggers step up to the plate for the next few issues. Put these on your calendar:

#23 will be at Words & Pictures

#24 will be at Bird Wacthers Notebook

#25 will be at The Annotated Budak

#26 will be at The Other 95%

And of course, we’re looking for hosts for November and beyond!

New hosts!

Thanks very much to Bev for picking up the hosting duties for CotS #22 at Burning Silo. It'll be out in the next few days.

In the meantime we had some other wonderful volunteers step forward, and i can give you a rundown for the next three months.

#23 will be at Words & Pictures -- send your submissions by July 30 to Roger here

#24 will be at Bird Watchers Notebook -- send your submissions by August 30 to Summer here

#25 wil be at The Annotated Budak -- send your submission by September 29 to Marcus here

#26 will be at The Other 95% -- send your submissions by October 30 to Kevin here

We're about ready for CotS #22

You can start sending your submissions for Circus of the Spineless #22.

Bev Wigney has offered to host this issue. You can send submissions to me or directly to her at Burning Silo

And check out the blog right here.

Please get your submissions in by Saturday evening the 30th.

We're also looking for all future hosts. First come first served, but we'll fix you up with something!

Circus #21 is UP at 10,000 Birds!!

Mike Bergin has assembled another wonderful Circus for our invertebrate-loving patrons. It's over at 10,000 Birds, and you can check it out here.

Meanwhile #20 is still in a bit of limbo, because i can't post anything to my blog until some bugs get worked out.

Circus #21 needs your work!

Hey Folks,

Explanations and call for submission.

First, get your submissions for Circus of the Spineless to Mike Bergin at 10,000 Birds. He's our May host and he's raring to go on this next edition.

Second, Mike let me know middle of last week that something was amiss with COTS20. Only i didn't catch on to what was going on. Any glance at my blog will clue people in to my having been gone, gone, gone for the last 8 weeks or so, and blogging has been unaccomplishable, as has email, for those who've written. Anyway, something's haywire at milkriverblog (maybe at Blogger?) and my blog is a mess, with posts and graphics disappearing, or onlye showing up as bars. i've been working on it, but so far, no luck. Anyway, issue 20, which was all graphic, will be up again as soon as i can figure out why it's not accepting it, or maybe a text version until i do. So sorry for the delay in getting your stuff out to the world. P.s., when you send stuff to Mike, don't duplicate material you already sent me!

A little more delay

Sorry folks,

I was off leading field trips all weekend, and when i returned the interent was down, and has returned only intermittently. So i'm spending the day downloading submissions and will try to post tonight. Sorry for the delay.

tg