טאקסאנאמיע פייל

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 . . . → לייענען מער: טאקסאנאמיע פייל

ווי גרינג איז עס…

צו שווינדל אַ ופאָ טרעפן? איך רעקאָרדירט ​​דעם ווידעא צוויי יאר צוריק איבער דעם מדבר פון אַריזאָנאַ. צו מודה, עס געמאכט מיין האַרץ האָפּקען אַ קלאַפּן בייַ ערשטער. איך פארקערט אַרום און עס זענען געווען דרייַ גלאָוינג לייץ פלאָוטינג בישטיקע אויבן מיר. איך ממש געדאַנק צו זיך “הייליק s # @% איך טאָן ניט גלויבן אין דעם דרעק!”. די . . . → לייענען מער: ווי גרינג איז עס…

ניו טעקניק Page!

איך ווע נאָר ילאַסטרייטאַד מיין אופֿן פֿאַר פארשפרייטן מיקראָלעפּידאָפּטעראַ, גיין ויספאָרשן די טעקניקס בלאַט. Who is courageous enough to attempt it?

מזל ערד טאָג

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 . . . → לייענען מער: מזל ערד טאָג

Now is our chance

א 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… אַזוי בלייַבן טונד.

2009 was a great season. איך . . . → לייענען מער: How I keep myself busy

Genius of the Press 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, volume I

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, און . . . → לייענען מער: Vox Populi, volume I

Butterfly of the week

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 . . . → לייענען מער: Butterfly of the week

באַקומען אַ לעבן, אנטדעקונג

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!?” געוויינטלעך, I waited for the insects special to air before I blogged about this, but having to listen to Oprah for the . . . → לייענען מער: באַקומען אַ לעבן, אנטדעקונג