Sexy, Sexy Beer Bottles

Di Chris Grinter, on September 30th, 2011%

Il 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 . . . → Per saperne di più: Sexy, Sexy Beer Bottles

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The Soaring Microcosmos

Di Chris Grinter, on September 19th, 2011%

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The microscopic insect world is a very different one from ours and we rarely are given glimpses into it. Thanks in part to the impressive Phantom camera system and the Flight Artists project researchers have filmed the minute (1mm!) Trichogramma wasp (Chalcidoidea) in flight. These insects are . . . → Per saperne di più: The Soaring Microcosmos

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Lunedi Moth

Di Chris Grinter, l'8 agosto, 2011%

 

Falena di questa settimana è un video di una danza micro dalle Filippine (presa da Warren Laurde). Come si potrebbe sospettare questo è un display accoppiamento che termina in una verticale abbastanza spettacolare. Ci sono un sacco di altri microleps che hanno la danza o visualizzazione comportamento, but there are almost no other videos online . . . → Per saperne di più: Lunedi Moth

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Biology of a Ghost

Di Chris Grinter, on June 11th, 2010%

This moth is just about as rare as its paranormal namesake (except that it’s real) – it’s a Gazoryctra sp. in the family Hepialidae. They represent a basal lineage of the Lepidoptera and are commonly known as ghost moths or swift moths. Ghost – because males of some species are known to fly in . . . → Per saperne di più: Biology of a Ghost

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