Крис Grinter, on March 30th, 2011% Lasia klettii: Photos by April Nobile, CAS
For the most part flies are not an insect I get overly excited about. Однако, the enigmatic family Acroceridae are the exception. I’ll start sharing some interesting genera from time to time – the morphology of the family is amazingly diverse. Most of my days . . . → Подробнее: Мухи могут быть (что правда) прохладно
Крис Grinter, 22 марта, 2011% Usually I come across horrible entomology articles regularly enough that I save a backlog for future series. This hasn’t been the case over the last few weeks, I haven’t come across the normal array of terrible media crud. Maybe I just get jaded and stop looking as carefully – but this week I even came . . . → Подробнее: Гений прессы XVII
Крис Grinter, on March 8th, 2011% [cetsEmbedGmap src=http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.393039,-118.416824&spn=0.359452,0.715485&t=h&z=11 width=600 height=330 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 frameborder=0 scrolling=auto]
Tomorrow morning I’m off for a 10 day collecting trip down to Catalina Island. I’ve been lucky enough to be invited to join Dr. Jerry Powell of UC Berkeley on a moth survey, and this will be my first time to any of the islands. . . . → Подробнее: The Moth is off to Catalina
Крис Grinter, 3 марта, 2011%
Apparently something in the Mazda 6 fuel line is warm and inviting for the yellow sac spider, enough so that they are building webs over the vent systems of the 4 cylinder vehicles (and not the 6!). The problem has been deemed a “spider infestation” by the car company, и . . . → Подробнее: Nature bites back
Крис Grinter, on March 1st, 2011%
The family Nepticulidae hold some of the smallest moths known, ranging from 3-8mm wing-tip to wing-tip. For a comparison I have imaged two moths above: the largest known – Coscinocera hercules that tips the scales at nearly 9 дюймы, and one of the smallest (yes that tiny little speck . . . → Подробнее: Самая маленькая из мотыльков
Крис Grinter, on February 17th, 2011% Shockingly, stunningly, amazingly; the monarchs are back (but not co-staring Julianne Moore). Хорошо, it’s not that amazing; I pretty much predicted this would be the case last March when everyone was running around terrified because the butterflies hit an all time low (since counting started in 1993). Actually I believe I said “I will . . . → Подробнее: Монархи Are All Right
Крис Grinter, on February 10th, 2011%
A softball for this GOP challenge. This image comes care of the Victoria Advocate (TX paper) – with a poorly written article about butterflies. This image flop is pretty easy, but for extra points who can tell me what else is incorrect in the text?
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Крис Grinter, on January 24th, 2011% (Credit: David Cappaert, Insectimages.org)
If you happen to be living out in Yolo, Solano or Sacramento counties you should head out with a net. Доктор. Art Shaprio has offered for the 40th year his cabbage white butterfly competition. If you are the very first person to catch a cabbage white (Пиерис рапэ . . . → Подробнее: Бабочки для пива
Крис Grinter, 19 января, 2011% Я всегда знал, что во многих местах мира, особенно в глуши, Гусеницы моли и бабочек на меню. От Африки до Австралии существуют десятки видов, которые могут вкус достаточно хорош, чтобы быть достаточно съедобно и даже вкусно. Но здесь, в насекомых США редко, если . . . → Подробнее: Энтомофагия: моли на ужин
Крис Grinter, 17 января, 2011% За этот номер гения прессы, кто может сказать мне, что не так в этой статье? Это довольно тонко, но явная ошибка, специально для LiveScience.
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