Sexy, Fliexken Birra Sexy

Il 2011 Iċ-ċerimonja tal-Ig Nobel saret ilbieraħ fit-Teatru Sanders ta’ Harvard. Il-premju huwa sponsorjat mill-Riċerka improbabbli, organizzazzjoni li tiġbor affaxxinanti, fard, u dokumenti ta 'riċerka outright hilarious li trijonf l-idea li mhux kollha tax-xjenza huwa boring. Fost ir-riċevituri distinti ta’ din is-sena kien hemm sieħbu entomologist u blogger David Rentz, li rċieva l- . . . → Aqra Aktar: Sexy, Fliexken Birra Sexy

Ħanfusa bil-Ġwienaħ

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 myselfhere is a great opportunity to catch a beetle taking off!”.

Wait for it

Lycus fernandezi (Lycidae)

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Ħu li, vertebrati!

Stajt magħrufa għal waqt dik ħanfus u inverts oħra kultant ikollhom il-vertebrati skond menu tagħhom, imma jien ma verament jafu kif kbira ta 'annimal li jistgħu subdue! Anke meta l-mantis fard grabs Hummingbird-differenza daqs mhux bħala sostanzjali kif muri hawn isfel. Dan il-video impressjonanti kien . . . → Aqra Aktar: Ħu li, vertebrati!

Blue Oak Ranch Riserva

Ftit ġimgħat ilu ġejt mistieden biex ningħaqad ma’ klassi ta’ entomoloġija ta’ Berkeley barra fil-qasam fi tmiem il-ġimgħa. Id-destinazzjoni tagħna kienet il-Blue Oak Ranch Reserve; waħda mir-riżervi l-aktar ġodda għas-sistema tal-Università ta’ Kalifornja li tinsab eżatt barra minn San Jose fuq Mount Hamilton (mappa hawn taħt). Kien a . . . → Aqra Aktar: Blue Oak Ranch Riserva

misteru Revelaed

kollox sew – 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 . . . → Aqra Aktar: misteru Revelaed

Monsters Muppet

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 . . . → Aqra Aktar: Monsters Muppet

B'xorti tajba, Jien mhux ħanfusa

Because I would have been subjected to this. Talk about animal cruelty! kollox sew, just kidding, but this story is a bit ridiculous. The article states that the scientists had used the voice of Limbaugh because it wasreadily available”, not because they hated him. Well that turns out not to be true, they chose Rush . . . → Aqra Aktar: B'xorti tajba, Jien mhux ħanfusa