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  • It is a Pachysphinx modesta or Modest Sphinx or Modest Sphinx moth.

    I hate Canada Day… « Mudpuddle 2009

  • It is a Pachysphinx modesta or Modest Sphinx or Modest Sphinx moth.

    2009 July 02 « Mudpuddle 2009

  • Other landbirds endemic to the Galapagos ecoregion are the Galapagos dove (Zenaida galapagoensis), Galapagos rail (Lateralus spilonotus), Galapagos martin (Progne modesta), and four species of mockingbirds from the genus Nesomimus that are endemic to specific islands within the Galapagos ecoregion.

    Galápagos Islands xeric scrub 2007

  • Estamos en el negocio del entretenimiento, de la información, y podemos educar, pero fundamentalmente entretener… México es un país de una clase modesta jodida, que no va a salir de jodida.

    What a weirdly negative comment mj 2008

  • México es un país de una clase modesta jodida, que no va a salir de jodida.

    What a weirdly negative comment mj 2008

  • Thorny small trees and Acacia such as Olea ferruginea, Acacia modesta, and Artemisia maritima, perennial grasses of Poa and Bromus spp., and bulbous plants such as Iris, Tulipa, and Allium spp. are also found on these slopes.

    Baluchistan xeric woodlands 2008

  • Coastal community endemics include Aegilops sharonensis, Anthemis tripolitana, Ballota philistaea, Convolvulus secundus, Ornithogalum densum, Rumex occultans, and Silene modesta.

    Southern Anatolian montane conifer and deciduous forests 2008

  • Da minha parte, a modesta contribuição que dou prende-se com a capacidade do N80 de aceder a redes wifi, o que me permite escapar às caríssimas tarifas de acesso de dados da minha operadora, levando-me a navegar na rede sempre que tenho uma rede disponível utilizando o excelente browser Opera Mini.

    Leituras Artur 2008

  • Although locally common, both the Norfolk Island gerygone (Gerygone modesta) and the slender-billed white-eye (Zosterops tenuirostris) are considered threatened, and the slender-billed white-eye population continues to decline outside protected areas.

    Norfolk Island subtropical forests 2008

  • Para la televisión es una dura obligación llevar la diversión a esa gente y sacarla de su triste realidad y de su futuro difícil...los ricos pueden hacer muchas cosas que los diviertan, pero la clase modesta, que es una clase fabulosa y digna, no tiene ninguna otra manera de acceder a una distracción más que a la televisión

    What a weirdly negative comment mj 2008

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