Vabaliukas iš įdomų laiką

Kaip man buvo fotografuoti ir databsing į Cicindelinae iš Denver Museum of Nature kolekcijos & Mokslas aš atėjau per šį pavyzdį surinkta apie 10 birželis 1921, Čikagos Ilinojaus. Vabaliukas Cicindela hirticollis hirticollis (gali būti drąsiai pažymėti ssp rhodensis, nes jie lengvai intergrade kartu jų ribų) ir yra vienas . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Vabaliukas iš įdomų laiką

Sexy, Sexy Beer Bottles

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

Grynasis sparnuotas Vabalas

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!”.

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Lycus fernandezi (Lycidae)

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Paslaptis atskleista

Gerai – 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 . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Paslaptis atskleista