The female black swallowtail.

Papilio polyxenes.

[T]he black swallowtail [engages] in a lek mating system. These butterflies satisfy the four criteria for lekking behavior... (1) there is no male parental care, (2) males aggregate at specific sites for display, (3) the only resource females find at the lek are the males themselves and (4) females can select their mates.

There were no males around yesterday at 4:26 pm when I caught this lady lolling on a redbud leaf just outside our door.

IN THE COMMENTS: Fritz says, "Alas, this is not an actual Black Swallowtail. It's a swallowtail, and it's black, but it is the black morph of the Tiger Swallowtail...."

"Bernie Sanders lets us know that he has no idea how the Supreme Court works."

Says Jaltcoh, displaying a tweet where Bernie Sanders said: "Any Supreme Court nominee of mine will make overturning Citizens United one of their first decisions."

IN THE COMMENTS: Fritz said:

As a professional socialist, Sanders has pretty much made a career out of not knowing how things work. 

ADDED: At ThinkProgress: "Why Bernie Sanders’ Misinformed Supreme Court Tweet Matters."

The comedy of orchiectomy.

Chuck Love, via Metafilter.

IN THE COMMENTS: Fritz said: "Women make pathos out of such events, where men seek comedy. If you can't do anything about it, you might as well laugh about it."

Women don't look for the comedy? What about this:



Or this: