Cov tshiab, Nres npaub!

No mas, xws li yog ib tug yuav tsum ntawm nroog legends uas raus cov kab nkag mus rau hauv peb ib sab hos peb pw. Tswvyim hais ua dabneeg nto moo tshaj plaws yog ib yam dab tsi txog cov kab kev “koj noj 8 kab laug sab. ib xyoo thaum nws tsaug zog“. Ua tau thaum koj google uas cov kabmob los ntawm 4 rau 8… mus txog . . . → Nyeem ntxiv: Cov tshiab, Nres npaub!

Cov Arachnologists muaj landed

ua li, ib tug kab tsis…

 

Rau peb lub asthiv tom ntej no kuv lug txhawb cov miv ntawm Arachnology ib txwm siv nyob hauv California Academy of Sciences yog nyob rau hauv cov Philippines! (tsis muaj, cuajkhaum tsis kiag li…) Qhov txawv tebchaws yog ib feem ntawm lub tsheb Hearst ntoj ke mus kawm, a massive effort spanning all of our research departments to survey . . . → Nyeem ntxiv: Cov Arachnologists muaj landed

Xiav ntoo qhib Ranch zeem cia

Ob peb lub lis piam dhau los kuv tau caw tuaj koom Berkeley entomology hoob kawm tawm hauv lub teb rau tus lis xaus. Peb lo lus uas peb tau cov kob xiav Oak Ranch zeem cia; yog ib qhov newest Guard rau qhov lawv nyob lwm San Jose rau Mount Hamilton University of California (daim ntawv qhia nram qab no). Nws yog ib tug . . . → Nyeem ntxiv: Xiav ntoo qhib Ranch zeem cia

Yoov yuav tsum (tiag tiag) laj

Lasia klettii: Cov duab los ntawm April Nobile, TSHEB

Rau qhov cov tshuab yoov yog tsis muaj kab mob kuv pog overly txog. Txawm li cas los, enigmatic tsev neeg Acroceridae yog lub kos. Kuv mam li pib txij ua ke mus ua ke koom ib co nthuav genera – morphology cov tsev neeg yog miv amazingly. Feem ntau ntawm kuv lub hnub . . . → Nyeem ntxiv: Yoov yuav tsum (tiag tiag) laj

Xwm tom qab

Thaj dab tsi nyob hauv lub Mazda 6 kab roj yog sov thiab inviting rau cov kab laug sab daj sac, txaus kom lawv muaj lub tsev webs nyob hauv lub qhov quav ntawm tus 4 kheej kheej tsheb (thiab tsis tus 6!). Cov teeb meem muaj tswv lawm ib “kab laug sab ntau heev” ntawm lub tsheb tuam txhab, thiab . . . → Nyeem ntxiv: Xwm tom qab

Xus zoo siab!

Muaj ib hnub lig, tab sis, tseem muaj nqis ib sim. Boo!

Aphonopelma hom ntawm thaj Texas.

Ib tug kab laug sab Sierran

Lis xaus ib yam tsis npaub yuav ua tau ib tug lepidopterist los ua yam vwm. Vwm ces yuav photograph ib kab laug sab. Lub asthiv kuv tau nrog nws cov lus mus rau sab hnub tuaj Sierra los ntawm koj txog haujlwm kab blogger, coworker thiab arachnologist, Tamas Szuts. Kuv tau nyob hauv Wisconsin quest rau ntau lub nrws ntawm tus tshiab Hepialidae uas tej zaum koj yuav paub zoo . . . → Nyeem ntxiv: Ib tug kab laug sab Sierran

Koj puas pom kuv?

Rau cov Californians nyeem, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov uas nyob rau sab qab teb, khaws ib lub qhov muag rau no zoo nkauj me kab laug sab, Latrodectus geometricus – tus poj ntsuam kas fes. Arachnologists hauv UC Riverside yog xyuas tus kab no tus hom. Ironically nws puv tsis tau li yam li peb cov poj ntsuam dub haiv. Nonetheless, nws tsis yog . . . → Nyeem ntxiv: Koj puas pom kuv?