Yon skarabe soti nan yon tan enteresan

Kòm mwen te foto ak databsing Cicindelinae a soti nan koleksyon yo nan Mize a Denver nan lanati & Syans mwen te vini atravè echantiyon sa a ranmase sou 10yèm jen an 1921, Chicago Illinois. Skarabe a se hirticollis Cicindela hirticollis (te kapab fè yon rhodensis SSP avèk fòs konviksyon make kòm yo fasilman intergrade ansanm limit yo) epi se youn . . . → Li piplis: Yon skarabe soti nan yon tan enteresan

Sexy, Boutèy byè Sexy

Nan 2011 Ig Nobel ceremony took place yesterday at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre. Se prim lan patwone pa enprobabl Rechèch, yon òganizasyon ki rasanble kaptivan, enpè, ak papye rechèch kareman hilarious ki triyonfe lide ki fè konnen se pa tout syans se raz. Among this year’s distinguished recipients was fellow entomologist and blogger David Rentz, who received the . . . → Li piplis: Sexy, Boutèy byè Sexy

Net-Zèl Beetle

Sa yo gwo ak enteresan Lycidae insect (Lycus fernandezi) yo te abondan nan sid lès Arizona kèk semèn de sa. Toujou ap vole ant flè ak sab imid yo te fè pou objektif fotografi fasil. Mwen te panse nan tèt mwen “isit la se yon gwo opòtinite yo trape yon skarabe k ap dekole!”.

Tann pou li…

Lycus fernandezi (Lycidae)

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Mistè Revelaed

OK – 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 . . . → Li piplis: Mistè Revelaed