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 . . . → Loe edasi: Taksonoomia Fail
 4 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud)  Entomoloogia  Liblikad, Crank, Entomoloogia, Lepidoptera, Uued liigid teeselda UFO-kohtumist? Salvestasin selle video kaks aastat tagasi Arizona kõrbe kohal. Et tunnistada, see pani mu südame alguses lööma. Pöörasin ümber ja minu kohal hõljus vaikselt kolm hõõguvat tuld. Mõtlesin sõna otseses mõttes endamisi “püha s#@% Ma ei usu sellesse jama!”. The . . . → Loe edasi: Kui lihtne see on… Jagage seda!I’ve just illustrated my method for spreading microlepidoptera, go explore the techniques page. Who is courageous enough to attempt it?
Jagage seda! 4 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Kollektsioneerimine, Entomoloogia, Lepidoptera, Koid, tehnika With a great message from Bill Nye, the Science Guy. We need to be conservationists to be sure, preserving wetlands, forests, open spaces and coastlines. We need to reduce our waste — plastic trash and the like. But what we really need is big, new ideas: new ways to distribute and store energy for . . . → Loe edasi: Happy Earth Day Jagage seda!A 15 suu Hallvaal lihtsalt pesta kuni San Francisco Bay. Nüüd on meie võimalus plahvatav vaal osa 2! Jagage seda!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… nii stay tuned. 2009 was a great season. I . . . → Loe edasi: How I keep myself busy Jagage seda! 3 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Kollektsioneerimine, Entomoloogia, Lepidoptera, Koid So what is wrong with this illustration below? Sounds like a great show at the Krohn Conservatory in Cincinnati. This news story made me look just a little closer… Jagage seda!I’ve come across a few e-mail transcripts of questions sent into our entomology department and I can not resist sharing them. I promise these messages are (and will be) 100% real and unedited. Names have been changed or removed to protect the innocent. Hopefully, I will come across these every once in a while, ja . . . → Loe edasi: Rahva hääl, köide I Jagage seda! 8 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Entomoloogia, KKK, Hazards of the Job, Huumor, Letters 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 . . . → Loe edasi: Nädala liblikas Jagage seda! 5 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Liblikad, Võistlus, Entomoloogia, Lepidoptera 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!?” Loomulikult, I waited for the insects special to air before I blogged about this, but having to listen to Oprah for the . . . → Loe edasi: Get a Life, Discovery Jagage seda! 4 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia, Skeptitsism Entomoloogia, Andmekandja, Oprah, Skeptitsism |
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