Жук з цікавий час

Як я фотографував і databsing на Cicindelinae з колекцій Денвері Музей природи & Наука я наткнувся на цей примірника, зібраного на 10 червня 1921, Чикаго Іллінойс. Жук Cicindela hirticollis hirticollis (може бути сміливо відзначені підвид rhodensis як вони легко intergrade уздовж їх кордонів) і є одним . . . → Детальніше: Жук з цікавий час

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 . . . → Детальніше: Sexy, Sexy Beer Bottles

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

Добре – 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 . . . → Детальніше: Mystery Revelaed