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 [youtube kZyIN23Cy4Y 480 360] 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 . . . → Skaityti daugiau: The Soaring Microcosmos Dalytis šiuo! Komentarai nepriimami Entomologija Elgesys, Biomechanics, Entomologija, Flight, Hymenoptera, Drugiai Lepidoptera, Parasite
This week’s moth is a video of a dancing micro from the Philippines (taken by Warren Laurde). As you might suspect this is a mating display that ends in a pretty spectacular headstand. There are lots of other microleps that have dancing or display behavior, but there are almost no other videos online . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Pirmadienis Drugelis Dalytis šiuo! 3 komentarai - (Komentarai nepriimami) Entomologija Elgesys, Entomologija, Drugiai Lepidoptera, Poravimosi, Microlepidoptera, Kandys, Filipinai Ši kandis yra tokia pat reta, kaip ir jos paranormalus bendravardis (išskyrus tai, kad tai tikra) – tai Gazoryctra sp. Hepialidae šeimoje. Jie atstovauja bazinei Lepidoptera giminei ir yra plačiai žinomi kaip kandžiai vaiduokliai arba greitieji drugiai.. Vaiduoklis – because males of some species are known to fly in . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Biologija vaiduoklis Dalytis šiuo! 6 komentarai - (Komentarai nepriimami) Entomologija Elgesys, Entomologija, Drugiai Lepidoptera, Kandys, Naujos rūšys |
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