Seksi, Seksi Bira Şişeleri

The 2011 Ig Nobel ceremony took place yesterday at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre. Ödül, Improbable Research tarafından desteklenmektedir., büyüleyici toplayan bir organizasyon, garip, ve bilimin tamamının sıkıcı olmadığı fikrini zafere ulaştıran düpedüz gülünç araştırma makaleleri. Among this year’s distinguished recipients was fellow entomologist and blogger David Rentz, who received the . . . → Devamı: Seksi, Seksi Bira Şişeleri

Net-Winged Beetle

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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Bu al, omurgalılar!

Ben böcekleri ve diğer çevirir bazen kendi menüsünde omurgalıların var bir süredir tanıyorum, ama gerçekten onlar bastırmak olabilecek bir hayvanın ne kadar büyük olduğunu bilmiyordum! Garip mantis bir sinek kuşu kapmak bile aşağıda gösterildiği gibi boyut farkı kadar önemli değildir. Bu etkileyici bir video oldu . . . → Devamı: Bu al, omurgalılar!

Blue Oak Ranch Rezervi

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 . . . → Devamı: Blue Oak Ranch Rezervi

Gizem revelaed

Tamam – 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 . . . → Devamı: Gizem revelaed

Muppet Canavarlar

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 . . . → Devamı: Muppet Canavarlar

Thankfully, I’m not a beetle

Because I would have been subjected to this. Talk about animal cruelty! Tamam, 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 . . . → Devamı: Thankfully, I’m not a beetle