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 . . . → Citeste mai mult: Taxonomie Fail
 4 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise)  Entomologie  Fluturi, Crank, Entomologie, lepidoptere, Specii noi 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 . . . → Citeste mai mult: How easy is it… Trimiteți acest! Un comentariu - (Comentariile sunt închise) Scepticism Pericole de colectare, Farsă, Scepticism, OZN I’ve just illustrated my method for spreading microlepidoptera, go explore the techniques page. Who is courageous enough to attempt it?
Trimiteți acest! 4 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie Colectare, Entomologie, lepidoptere, Molii, Tehnici With a great message from Bill Nye, Science Guy. Trebuie să fim conservatori pentru a fi sigur, conservarea zonelor umede, păduri, spații deschise și linii de coastă. Avem nevoie de a reduce cantitatea de deșeuri noastre — gunoi de plastic și altele asemenea. Dar ceea ce avem cu adevărat nevoie este mare, idei noi: new ways to distribute and store energy for . . . → Citeste mai mult: Fericit Ziua Pământului Trimiteți acest!A 15 foot gray whale just washed up in the San Francisco Bay. Now is our chance for exploding whale part 2! Trimiteți acest!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… așa încât urmăriți. 2009 was a great season. eu . . . → Citeste mai mult: Cum m-am ține ocupat Trimiteți acest!Deci, ceea ce este în neregulă cu această ilustrație de mai jos? Sounds like a great show at the Krohn Conservatory in Cincinnati. This news story made me look just a little closer… Trimiteți acest!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, și . . . → Citeste mai mult: Vox Populi, Volumul I Trimiteți acest! 8 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie Entomologie, FAQ, Hazards of the Job, Umor, Letters Am fost puțin neglijent în a posta provocări regulate, asa ca voi incerca sa iau ritmul. Cine poate să-mi spună ceva despre acest fluture? Cel mai mult obțineți este că este din jumătatea de vest a SUA. Credit pentru familie, genus or species and ridiculous credit for subspecies and where it is . . . → Citeste mai mult: Fluturele săptămânii Trimiteți acest!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!?” Natural, I waited for the insects special to air before I blogged about this, but having to listen to Oprah for the . . . → Citeste mai mult: Obțineți o viață, Descoperire Trimiteți acest! 4 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie, Scepticism Entomologie, Mass-media, Oprah, Scepticism |
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