Recently came across some ridiculously horrible taxonomy from China (.pdf). If you scroll down a bit you can see the english translation. At first glance this looks like a standard taxonomy paper with bare-bones species descriptions. You might even think to yourself, “huh, wonder why they are describing species from only one specimen”. Not the . . . → Lees meer: Taksonomie Fail
 4 kommentaar - (Kommentaar gesluit)  Entomologie  skoenlappers, Crank, Entomologie, Lepidoptera, Nuwe spesies to fake a UFO encounter? I recorded this video two years ago over the desert of Arizona. To confess, it made my heart skip a beat at first. I turned around and there were three glowing lights floating silently above me. I literally thought to myself “holy s#@% I don’t believe in this crap!”. Die . . . → Lees meer: How easy is it… Deel hierdie!I’ve just illustrated my method for spreading microlepidoptera, go explore the techniques page. Who is courageous enough to attempt it?
Deel hierdie!Met 'n groot boodskap van Bill Nye, die Wetenskap Guy. Ons moet bewaarders te wees om seker te wees, behoud van vleilande, woude, oop ruimtes en gesoen. Ons moet ons afval te verminder — plastiek asblik en die wil. Maar wat ons regtig nodig het is 'n groot, nuwe idees: nuwe maniere te versprei en energie stoor vir . . . → Lees meer: Gelukkig Earth Day Deel hierdie!A 15 foot gray whale just washed up in the San Francisco Bay. Now is our chance for exploding whale part 2! Deel hierdie!I’ve been busy spreading microleps over the last few days, and here is a small selection from my summer collecting trips. Still have at least another 200 to go before catching up on my backlog. I am working on illustrating just how to spread these moths… so bly ingeskakel. 2009 was a great season. Ek . . . → Lees meer: Hoe ek myself besig hou Deel hierdie!So wat is fout met hierdie illustrasie hieronder? Sounds like a great show at the Krohn Conservatory in Cincinnati. This news story made me look just a little closer… Deel hierdie!Ek het gekom oor 'n paar e-pos afskrifte van vrae gestuur in ons entomologie departement en ek nie kan weerstaan nie deel van hulle. Ek belowe om hierdie boodskappe is (en sal) 100% werklike en ongeredigeerde. Name is verander of verwyder die onskuldige te beskerm. Hopelik, Ek sal kom oor hierdie elke keer in 'n rukkie, en . . . → Lees meer: Stem van die mense, volume I Deel hierdie! 8 kommentaar - (Kommentaar gesluit) Entomologie Entomologie, Vrae, Gevare van die Job, Humor, Briewe I’ve been a bit remiss at posting regular challenges, so I’ll try to pick up the pace. Who can tell me anything about this butterfly? The most you’re getting is that it is from the Western half of the US. Credit for family, genus or species and ridiculous credit for subspecies and where it is . . . → Lees meer: Butterfly of the week Deel hierdie!I sat rapt in front of my TV on Sunday watching the latest installment of the BBC/Discovery series “Life”. The first thing that comes to my mind… “WHY was Oprah chosen to narrate!?” Natuurlik, I waited for the insects special to air before I blogged about this, but having to listen to Oprah for the . . . → Lees meer: Kry 'n lewe, Ontdekking Deel hierdie! |
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