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 . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Sexy, Sexy Beer Bottles
 4 komentarai - (Komentarai nepriimami)  Entomologija  Australija, Alus, Vabalas, Elgesys, Coleoptera, Entomologija, Humoras 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) . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Grynasis sparnuotas Vabalas Dalytis šiuo! 2 komentarai - (Komentarai nepriimami) Entomologija Arizonoje, Vabalas, Coleoptera, Entomologija, Fotografija Jau kurį laiką žinojau, kad vabalų ir kitų apsivertėlių valgiaraštyje kartais būna stuburinių, bet aš tikrai nežinojau, kokio dydžio gyvūną jie gali pavergti! Net kai nelyginis mantis sugriebia kolibrį, dydžio skirtumas nėra toks didelis, kaip parodyta žemiau. This impressive video was . . . → Skaityti daugiau: IMK tai, stuburiniai gyvūnai! Dalytis šiuo! 7 komentarai - (Komentarai nepriimami) Entomologija Vabalas, Entomologija, Žiniasklaida, Ne Vabzdžiai, Predation A few weeks ago I was invited to join a Berkeley entomology class out in the field for the weekend. Our destination was the Blue Oak Ranch Reserve; one of the newest reserves to the University of California system located just outside of San Jose on Mount Hamilton (map below). It was a . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Blue Oak Ranch draustinis Dalytis šiuo! Komentarai nepriimami Entomologija Vabalas, Berkeley, Entomologija, Kandys, Fotografija, Vorai, University of California Gerai – 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 . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Paslaptis atskleista Dalytis šiuo! Vienas komentaras - (Komentarai nepriimami) Entomologija Vabalas, Coleoptera, Konkursas, Entomologija, Scaphinotus, Snail, Rūšis I stumbled upon (not on stumbleupon) these colored SEM images on the Telegraph webpage today. I especially love this image of a Calliphoridae larva (Protophormia sp.) that seems more out of a C-rated science fiction movie than nature. It reminds me of both a freakish Star Wars character and a Muppet at the same . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Muppet Monstrai Dalytis šiuo!Because I would have been subjected to this. Talk about animal cruelty! Gerai, 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 . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Thankfully, I’m not a beetle Dalytis šiuo! |
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