Taksonomia fail

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 . . . → Czytaj więcej: Taksonomia fail

Jak łatwo jest…

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 myselfholy s#@% I don’t believe in this crap!”. The . . . → Czytaj więcej: Jak łatwo jest…

Nowa Technika Page!

Właśnie pokazano moje metody rozprzestrzeniania Molowce, go poznać techniki strony. Who is courageous enough to attempt it?

Wszystkiego najlepszego z okazji Dnia Ziemi

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 wasteplastic trash and the like. But what we really need is big, new ideas: new ways to distribute and store energy for . . . → Czytaj więcej: Wszystkiego najlepszego z okazji Dnia Ziemi

Now is our chance

A 15 foot gray whale just washed up in the San Francisco Bay. Now is our chance for exploding whale part 2!

How I keep myself busy

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… więc stay tuned.

2009 was a great season. I . . . → Czytaj więcej: How I keep myself busy

Geniusz prasy V

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

Vox populi, tom I

Natknąłem się na kilka e-mailowych transkrypcji pytań przesłanych do naszego działu entomologii i nie mogę się oprzeć ich udostępnieniu. Obiecuję, że te wiadomości są (i będzie) 100% prawdziwe i nieedytowane. Imiona zostały zmienione lub usunięte, aby chronić niewinnych. Miejmy nadzieję, Natknę się na nie raz na jakiś czas, i . . . → Czytaj więcej: Vox populi, tom I

Butterfly w tygodniu

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 . . . → Czytaj więcej: Butterfly w tygodniu

Get a Life, Discovery

I sat rapt in front of my TV on Sunday watching the latest installment of the BBC/Discovery seriesLife”. The first thing that comes to my mind… “WHY was Oprah chosen to narrate!?” Naturalnie, I waited for the insects special to air before I blogged about this, but having to listen to Oprah for the . . . → Czytaj więcej: Get a Life, Discovery