Кріс Grinter, on March 30th, 2011% Lasia klettii: Фотографії Ейпріл Нобіле, КЕЙС
Здебільшого мухи не є комахами, якими я надто захоплююся. Однак, винятком є загадкова родина Acroceridae. Час від часу почну ділитися деякими цікавими родами – морфологія сімейства дивовижно різноманітна. Most of my days . . . → Детальніше: Мухи можуть бути (дійсно) круто
Кріс Grinter, on March 22nd, 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 . . . → Детальніше: Genius of the Press XVII
Кріс 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. . . . → Детальніше: The Moth is off to Catalina
Кріс Grinter, on March 3rd, 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, і . . . → Детальніше: Природа кусає назад
Кріс Grinter, 1 березня, 2011%
Сім'я Nepticulidae провести деякі з найменших метеликів, відомих, від 3-8mm крила носа до крила кінчика. Для порівняння я в образ двох метеликів над: найбільшою з відомих – Coscinocera hercules that tips the scales at nearly 9 дюймів, і один з найменших (yes that tiny little speck . . . → Детальніше: Самий крихітний з метеликів
Кріс Grinter, on February 17th, 2011% Shockingly, stunningly, amazingly; the monarchs are back (but not co-staring Julianne Moore). Добре, 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 . . . → Детальніше: The Monarchs Are All Right
Кріс 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?
. . . → Детальніше: Genius of the Press XVI
Кріс 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 (Pieris ропа . . . → Детальніше: Butterflies for Beer
Кріс Grinter, on January 19th, 2011% Я завжди знав це в багатьох місцях світу, особливо в глушині, в меню гусениці мотиля і метелики. From Africa to Australia there are dozens of species that might taste good enough to be reasonably edible or even delicious. But here in the US insects rarely if . . . → Детальніше: Ентомофагія: молі на вечерю
Кріс Grinter, on January 17th, 2011% For this issue of the genius of the press, who can tell me what’s wrong with this article? It’s pretty subtle, but a clear mistake, especially for LiveScience.
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