Jamii tahadhari

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 . . . → Soma Zaidi: Jamii tahadhari

Ni rahisi kiasi gani…

kughushi mkutano wa UFO? Nilirekodi video hii miaka miwili iliyopita kwenye jangwa la Arizona. Kukiri, ilifanya moyo wangu kuruka mapigo mwanzoni. Niligeuka na kulikuwa na taa tatu zinazowaka zikielea kimya juu yangu. Nilijiwazia kihalisi “mtakatifu #@% siamini katika upuuzi huu!”. The . . . → Soma Zaidi: Ni rahisi kiasi gani…

New Technique Page!

I’ve just illustrated my method for spreading microlepidoptera, go explore the techniques page. Who is courageous enough to attempt it?

Happy Earth Day

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 . . . → Soma Zaidi: Happy Earth Day

Sasa ni nafasi yetu…

A 15 mguu kijivu nyangumi tu nikanawa up katika San Francisco Bay. Sasa ni nafasi yetu kwa ajili ya kulipuka nyangumi sehemu 2!

Jinsi mimi kuweka mwenyewe busy

Nimekuwa busy kueneza microleps juu ya siku chache zilizopita, na hapa ni uteuzi ndogo kutoka safari yangu majira ya joto kukusanya. Bado kuwa na angalau mwingine 200 kabla ya kwenda kuambukizwa hadi juu ya backlog yangu. Mimi ni kazi ya kufafanua tu jinsi ya kuenea nondo haya… hivyo kukaa tuned.

2009 ilikuwa wakati wa kubwa. I . . . → Soma Zaidi: Jinsi mimi kuweka mwenyewe busy

Fikra ya Press V

Kwa hivyo ni nini kibaya na mfano huu hapa chini? Sounds like a great show at the Krohn Conservatory in Cincinnati. This news story made me look just a little closer

Karibu, kiasi mimi

Nimekuja hela chache nakala e-mail ya maswali kutumwa katika entomolojia idara yetu na siwezi kupinga kushirikiana nao. Mimi ahadi ujumbe huu ni (na itakuwa) 100% halisi na unedited. Majina yamebadilishwa au kuondolewa kulinda wasio na hatia. Kwa matumaini, Mimi kuja hela hizi kila mara moja kwa wakati, na . . . → Soma Zaidi: Karibu, kiasi mimi

Butterfly ya wiki

Nimekuwa mzembe kidogo katika kutuma changamoto za mara kwa mara, kwa hivyo nitajaribu kuchukua mwendo. Nani anaweza kuniambia chochote kuhusu kipepeo huyu? Unayopata zaidi ni kwamba inatoka nusu ya Magharibi ya Amerika. Mikopo kwa familia, genus or species and ridiculous credit for subspecies and where it is . . . → Soma Zaidi: Butterfly ya wiki

Pata Maisha, Ugunduzi

Niliketi mbele ya TV yangu siku ya Jumapili nikitazama awamu ya hivi punde ya mfululizo wa BBC/Discovery “Maisha”. Jambo la kwanza linalonijia akilini… “KWA NINI Oprah alichaguliwa kusimulia!?” Kwa kawaida, Nilingoja wadudu hao maalum kupeperushwa kabla sijablogu kuhusu hili, but having to listen to Oprah for the . . . → Soma Zaidi: Pata Maisha, Ugunduzi