A wonderful tribute to a great man. Whether you knew him as Araucaria, or as Cinephile, his crosswords were the most delicious challenge. High point of each year was his Christmas Crossword in the FT; solving them required a huge amount of work, but the sense of satisfaction was unmatched.

What a corker! Difficult to top that one.

Is that the same Kate who abandons her children at the first possible opportunity?
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Was it Father Crispin? Was he rushing to another massage at Spiritual Home? Why wasn't he running there?
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Ovipositor is around 3.5 microns in diameter. This delivers the wasp eggs into the thrips eggs. It is taking miniaturisation to the limits for animals.

No, I just tweaked the Kohler and added a spot of side light as well. Managed to get the alignment better for imaging. Find it near impossible to get these tiny ones to sit right for imaging, there is so little margin for adjustment without damaging them.

and what about Ellie May?

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A clear illustration of an environmental crime.

None, alas. Have checked many a fig and only found Thrips thus far.

She would have noticed a lad who is in a different year at school, but there wouldn't have been any interaction surely?
She hadn't met him in the years post schooldays, and hence didn't know him.

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Going back a step; Amber chose George without ever having met him. Ergo, she liked the idea of George from his notoriety. Does this suggest she felt he would be an asset to her online persona? An invention rarely measures up in reality.

He is a young man in need of guidance. He has been failed by his father and paternal grandfather and great grandfather. Those men have instilled a gross disrespect for his mother and grandmother, and for the norms of life. Now he needs a routine on which to build his future.
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We've yet to hear from Mrs Trellis of North Wales ...