OFF: hippy cockroach

[Paul Mather]

On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, andrew wrote:

=>this gave me a few laughs when read on the bomp list:

=>>Cryptocercus garciai n.sp.
=>>Etymology: This species is named in memory of the late Jerry Garcia, a
=>>member of the musical group, The Grateful Dead. What a long strange trip its
=>>been.
=>A bit of digging around later I also came across a few other scientific
=>names which honour other cool (and not so cool) 20th Century musicians:

[...]

There is an asteroid officially named after Frank Zappa...

Cheers,

Paul.