Vabole no interesantā laikā

Kā es fotografēšanu un databsing to Cicindelinae no kolekcijām Denveras Dabas muzeja & Zinātne Man nāca visā šo parauga savākti uz 10 jūnijs 1921, Chicago Illinois. Vabole ir Cicindela hirticollis hirticollis (varētu būt droši atzīmēta ssp rhodensis jo tie viegli intergrade gar to robežām) un ir viens . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Vabole no interesantā laikā

Seksuāla, Seksīgas alus pudeles

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 . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Seksuāla, Seksīgas alus pudeles

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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Atklāts noslēpums

Labi – 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 . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Atklāts noslēpums