almost... Seems some folks at the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature are balking at having three newly-discovered species of slime mould beetles named after Dubya and his henchmen.. Scientists want to call them Agathidium bushi, cheneyi, and rumsfeldi..

Nelson Mandela has a parasitic wasp named after him, Gary Larson of farside Fame has an owl louse named after him and former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has [ appropriately ] a dung fly named after him..so...

George the Slime Mould Beetle shouldn't feel bad at being named after a politician...

I like the 'Hymenoptera'...for 'Condi'

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Thread-waisted wasps are prolific caterpillar hunters. Paralyzed caterpillars are used as food for their young while they develop in sand burrows. This mating pair are solitary wasps who have a liking for flower pollen. They were found in the Mojave Desert in California. Wasp females sting with their modified egg laying apparatus and the junction between the thorax and abdomen exhibits considerable constriction.

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