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 . . . → Opširnije: Taksonomija Fail
 4 Komentari - (Komentari su zatvoreni)  Entomologija  Leptiri, Crank, Entomologija, Leptiri, Nove vrste 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!”. The . . . → Opširnije: How easy is it… Podijelite ovu! Jedan komentar - (Komentari su zatvoreni) Skepticizam Opasnosti od Prikupljanje, Hoax, Skepticizam, NLO I’ve just illustrated my method for spreading microlepidoptera, go explore the techniques page. Who is courageous enough to attempt it?
Podijelite ovu! 4 Komentari - (Komentari su zatvoreni) Entomologija Prikupljanje, Entomologija, Leptiri, Moljci, Tehnike 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 . . . → Opširnije: Happy Earth Day Podijelite ovu!A 15 foot gray whale just washed up in the San Francisco Bay. Now is our chance for exploding whale part 2! Podijelite ovu!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… tako Stay tuned. 2009 was a great season. Ja . . . → Opširnije: How I keep myself busy Podijelite ovu!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… Podijelite ovu!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, i . . . → Opširnije: Vox Populi, Volumen I Podijelite ovu! 8 Komentari - (Komentari su zatvoreni) Entomologija Entomologija, FAQ, Hazards of the Job, Humor, Letters Ja sam bio malo nemarna po objavljivati redovite izazovima, pa ću pokušati podići tempo. Tko mi može reći nešto o ovom leptir? Najviše što dobivate je da je iz zapadne polovice SAD. Kredit za obitelj, genus or species and ridiculous credit for subspecies and where it is . . . → Opširnije: Butterfly tjedna Podijelite ovu!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!?” Prirodno, I waited for the insects special to air before I blogged about this, but having to listen to Oprah for the . . . → Opširnije: Dobiti život, Otkriće Podijelite ovu! 4 Komentari - (Komentari su zatvoreni) Entomologija, Skepticizam Entomologija, Medij, Oprah, Skepticizam |
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