Un gândac de la un timp interesant

Așa cum am fost fotografierea și databsing Cicindelinae din colecțiile Muzeului Denver Naturii & Stiinta am dat peste acest specimen colectate de pe 10 iunie 1921, Chicago Illinois. Gândacul este hirticollis Cicindela hirticollis (ar putea fi un rhodensis ssp marcat cu curaj ca acestea intergrade ușor de-a lungul granițelor lor) și este unul . . . → Citeste mai mult: Un gândac de la un timp interesant

Sexy, Sticle de bere Sexy

The 2011 Ig Nobel ceremony took place yesterday at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre. Premiul este sponsorizat de Cercetare Improbabilă, o organizație care adună fascinant, ciudat, și lucrări de cercetare pur și simplu hilar că triumfa ideea că nu toate știința este plictisitor. Among this year’s distinguished recipients was fellow entomologist and blogger David Rentz, who received the . . . → Citeste mai mult: Sexy, Sticle de bere Sexy

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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Mystery Revelaed

Bine – 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 . . . → Citeste mai mult: Mystery Revelaed