Mexican bug-a-loo
10 May 2014
Via Entemology Today:
A grasshopper that was recently discovered on the side of a mountain road near Oaxaca, Mexico by University of Central Florida scientists (UCF) now bears the name Liladownsia fraile after Grammy-award-winning singer and activist Ana Lila Downs Sánchez.
The scientists named the new species after the Mexican-American singer as a nod to her efforts to preserve indigenous culture and her penchant for wearing colorful, local costumes as part of her performances.
Liladownsia fraile:
And the not so frail Lila Downs on another well-known Mexican insect:
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mexfiles.net 
An amusing transition, but “fraile” actually means “friar” (as in monk) in Spanish.