Recently came across some ridiculously horrible taxonomy from China (.PDF). Se scorri un po' in basso puoi vedere la traduzione in inglese. A prima vista questo sembra un documento di tassonomia standard con descrizioni di specie semplici. Potresti anche pensare a te stesso, “eh, chiedo perché stanno descrivendo specie da un solo esemplare”. Not the . . . → Per saperne di più: Tassonomia Fail
 4 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi)  Entomologia  Farfalle, Crank, Entomologia, Lepidotteri, Nuova Specie 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!”. Il . . . → Per saperne di più: How easy is it… Condividi questo!I’ve just illustrated my method for spreading microlepidoptera, go explore the techniques page. Who is courageous enough to attempt it?
Condividi questo! 4 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi) Entomologia Raccolta, Entomologia, Lepidotteri, falene, Tecniche 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 . . . → Per saperne di più: Happy Earth Day Condividi questo!La 15 foot gray whale just washed up in the San Francisco Bay. Now is our chance for exploding whale part 2! Condividi questo!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… quindi rimanete sintonizzati. 2009 was a great season. Io . . . → Per saperne di più: How I keep myself busy Condividi questo!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… Condividi questo!Mi sono imbattuto in alcune trascrizioni e-mail di domande inviate al nostro dipartimento di entomologia e non posso resistere a condividerle. Prometto che questi messaggi lo sono (e sarà) 100% reale e inedito. I nomi sono stati cambiati o rimossi per proteggere gli innocenti. Fiduciosamente, Mi imbatterò in questi ogni tanto, e . . . → Per saperne di più: La voce del popolo, volume I Condividi questo! 8 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi) Entomologia Entomologia, FAQ, Hazards of the Job, Umorismo, 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 . . . → Per saperne di più: Farfalla della settimana Condividi questo!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!?” Naturalmente, I waited for the insects special to air before I blogged about this, but having to listen to Oprah for the . . . → Per saperne di più: Get a Life, Scoperta Condividi questo! 4 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi) Entomologia, Scetticismo Entomologia, Media, Oprah, Scetticismo |
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