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 . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Taxonomy Fail
 4 komentarai - (Komentarai nepriimami)  Entomologija  Drugeliai, Adrenalinas, Entomologija, Drugiai Lepidoptera, Naujos rūšys 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 . . . → Skaityti daugiau: How easy is it… Dalytis šiuo! Vienas komentaras - (Komentarai nepriimami) Skepticizmas Pavojų Kolekcionavimas, Apgaulė, Skepticizmas, NSO I’ve just illustrated my method for spreading microlepidoptera, go explore the techniques page. Who is courageous enough to attempt it?
Dalytis šiuo! 4 komentarai - (Komentarai nepriimami) Entomologija Rinkti, Entomologija, Drugiai Lepidoptera, Kandys, Būdai 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 . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Happy Earth Day Dalytis šiuo!A 15 foot gray whale just washed up in the San Francisco Bay. Now is our chance for exploding whale part 2! Dalytis šiuo!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… taigi stay tuned. 2009 was a great season. I . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Kaip aš esu užsiėmęs Dalytis šiuo! 3 komentarai - (Komentarai nepriimami) Entomologija Rinkti, Entomologija, Drugiai Lepidoptera, Kandys Taigi, kas negerai šioje žemiau esančioje iliustracijoje? Sounds like a great show at the Krohn Conservatory in Cincinnati. This news story made me look just a little closer… Dalytis šiuo!Aš Natknąć keletą elektroninio pašto stenogramas klausimus siunčiamų į mūsų entomologijos skyriaus ir aš negaliu atsispirti dalintis jais. Pažadu šie pranešimai yra (ir bus) 100% realus ir neredaguota. Pavadinimai buvo pakeisti ar pašalinti apsaugoti nekaltas. Tikimės, kad, Aš Natknąć tai kiekvieną kartą, o, ir . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Arčiau, tūris aš Dalytis šiuo! 8 komentarai - (Komentarai nepriimami) Entomologija Entomologija, DUK, Galimi užduoties, Humoras, Laiškai 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 . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Butterfly of the week Dalytis šiuo! 5 komentarai - (Komentarai nepriimami) Entomologija Drugeliai, Konkursas, Entomologija, Drugiai 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!?” natūraliai, I waited for the insects special to air before I blogged about this, but having to listen to Oprah for the . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Get a Life, Discovery Dalytis šiuo! 4 komentarai - (Komentarai nepriimami) Entomologija, Skepticizmas Entomologija, Žiniasklaida, Oprah, Skepticizmas |
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