The 2011 Ig Nobel ceremony took place yesterday at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre. The award is sponsored by Improbable Research, an organization that gathers fascinating, odd, and outright hilarious research papers that triumph the idea that not all science is boring. Among this year’s distinguished recipients was fellow entomologist and blogger David Rentz, who received the . . . → Loe edasi: Seksikas, Seksikad õllepudelid
 4 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud)  Entomoloogia  Austraalia, Õlu, Mardikad, Käitumine, Coleoptera, Entomoloogia, Huumor These large and interesting Lycidae beetles (Lycus fernandezi) were abundant in south eastern Arizona a few weeks ago. Constantly flying between flowers and moist sand they were making for easy photography targets. I thought to myself “here is a great opportunity to catch a beetle taking off!”. Wait for it… Lycus fernandezi (Lycidae) . . . → Loe edasi: Võrgutiivaline mardikas Jagage seda! 2 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Arizona, Mardikad, Coleoptera, Entomoloogia, Fotograafia Olen teada juba mõnda aega, et mardikad jm Pöörab ümber aeg-ajalt on selgroogsed nende menu, aga ma ei tea, kui suur on looma võiksid nad alistama! Isegi siis, kui veider mantis haarab koolibri suuruse vahe ei ole nii olulised, on toodud allpool. See muljetavaldav video oli . . . → Loe edasi: Võtta, et, selgroogsed! Jagage seda! 7 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Mardikad, Entomoloogia, Andmekandja, Mitte-Putukad, Kisklus Paar nädalat tagasi olin kutsutud liituma Berkeley entomoloogia klassi läbi valdkonnas nädalavahetusel. Meie eesmärgiks oli Blue Oak Ranch Reserve; üks uusimaid reserve California ülikooli süsteem asub just väljaspool San Jose Mount Hamilton (map alla). See oli . . . → Loe edasi: Blue Oak Ranch Reserve Jagage seda! Kommentaarid on suletud Entomoloogia Mardikad, Berkeley, Entomoloogia, Koid, Fotograafia, Ämblikud, University of California Korras – a few apologies for not having full images *yet* of the larvae in question (I will in a few days!). Over the weekend I was out with a group of Berkeley students on Mount Hamilton and PhD candidate Meghan Culpepper collected a few species of Scaphinotus and a some larvae! So the specimen . . . → Loe edasi: Ilmunud mõistatus Jagage seda! Üks kommentaar - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Mardikad, Coleoptera, Võistlus, Entomoloogia, Scaphinotus, Snail, Liigid komistasin otsa (mitte komistamisel) need värvilised SEM-pildid Telegraphi veebisaidil täna. Eriti meeldib mulle see pilt Calliphoridae vastsest (Protophormia sp.) see tundub rohkem C-reitinguga ulmefilmist kui loodusest pärit. See meenutab mulle ühtaegu nii veidrat Star Warsi tegelast kui ka Muppet . . . → Loe edasi: Muppet Monsters Jagage seda!Because I would have been subjected to this. Talk about animal cruelty! Korras, just kidding, but this story is a bit ridiculous. The article states that the scientists had used the voice of Limbaugh because it was “readily available”, not because they hated him. Well that turns out not to be true, they chose Rush . . . → Loe edasi: Õnneks, I’m not a beetle Jagage seda! |
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