A allai fod yn ddiwrnod yn hwyr, ond yn dal yn werth rhoi cynnig. Boo!
Aphonopelma rhywogaethau o Orllewin Texas.
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Yfory yn dechrau cyfnod 1 o waith maes / gyrru crazy ac yn ystod y gwyliau amser. Byddaf yn canolbwyntio ar gasglu ar gyfer y cam hwn o'r daith, hitting southern Texas just in time for the tail end of fall flying moths in the genus Sginia. Ond microleps yw fy niddordeb pennaf, and I’m sure I’ll come back with hundreds of stunning specimens. I’ll be taking as many photos as I can, and I hope to post an update as I hit Chicago just in time for Halloween. Of course if I do see something too incredible, I’ll have to try and post from my cell right away. As for stage II, it will be a visit with my family and friends back in Chicago, and stage III will be a quick drive back to San Francisco across I-80 with fingers crossed to avoid the snow. If anyone is en-route and wants to join me in the field, send me an e-mail! Stay tuned and wish me luck. Rhannu hyn! Un sylw - (Sylwadau ar gau)  Entomoleg  Casglu, Entomoleg, Peryglon o Casglu, Gwyfynod, Trip Ffordd, Tecsas Yr wythnos hon (fel pe bawn yn cadw i fyny â hyn wythnosol) Roedd GOP a anfonwyd i mi gan commenter “Wyrdroi“. Diolch i chi am y cyfraniad! Gwneud fel llawer iawn haws, ac yr wyf yn annog yn gryf cyflwyniadau yn y dyfodol gan ddarllenwyr eraill. Ar gyfer rhai sy'n newydd i fy blog – the Genius of the Press series is a contest to see who can identify the blatant errors of the press. So what’s wrong with the article below? From the pages of Science News:
We get this gem.
Rhannu hyn!Mae'r ddinas rwy'n gweithio mewn yn digwydd i fod yn un o'r dinasoedd mwyaf yn y byd – felly gadewch i mi rhwbio yn fyr. Dyma fideo trawiadol o'r Bae San Francisco ddal gan artist lleol. Gwnewch yn siwr i wylio mewn HD, mae'n drawiadol. The Unseen Sea rhag Simon Christen ymlaen Vimeo. Rhannu hyn!
Deuthum ar draws y ddyfais ddiddorol hon a chafodd adwaith perfedd ar unwaith.. “Wrth gwrs, nid bwlb dŵr dwp yn gwrthyrru pryfed, mae hyn yn sgam!”… anadl ddofn… OK hynny yw amheuaeth ofnadwy. A dweud y gwir, mae'n sinigaidd ac mae'n union beth amheuwyr casáu cael eu galw. Mae hefyd yn rhywbeth sy'n digwydd yn llawer rhy hawdd – Rwy'n eithaf argyhoeddedig nad yw ysbrydion yn bodoli, ni chafwyd unrhyw dystiolaeth gymhellol, byth. Ond bob tro dwi'n clywed stori o helbul mae'n llawer rhy demtasiwn i feddwl am ychydig o esboniadau credadwy a diystyru'r achos heb edrych yn agosach.. A phan fyddwn ni'n gwneud hyn rydyn ni'n rhoi porthiant i'r ymchwilydd credadwy a fydd yn ei daflu yn ôl i'n hwynebau'n gyflymach na pheth gwirodydd yn sipio ar draws ystafell.. Mae bron yn amhosibl darganfod ysbryd go iawn am y tro cyntaf erioed; eto nid yr ateb yw'r ddamcaniaeth amlycaf bob amser a gallwch chi faglu ar sebra bob tro. Y pwynt yw mai ymchwilio yw'r unig ffordd wirioneddol i aros yn amheus. Continue reading Call me skeptical… Rhannu hyn! 8 sylwadau - (Sylwadau ar gau) Entomoleg, Amheuaeth Gwyddoniaeth drwg, Entomoleg, Fallacies rhesymegol, Plâu, Sgamiau a Thwyll, Amheuaeth Ar fy cymudo dyddiol yn ôl i Berkeley, Yr wyf wedi gweld hyn (ymddiheuriadau ar gyfer y ddelwedd cruddy). A dweud y gwir, Rwyf wedi gweld llond llaw o'r rhain yn pop i fyny o gwmpas San Francisco ac mae'n gwneud i mi fod eisiau i rwygo fy ngwallt allan bob tro. Ar gyfer y rhai sy'n newydd i fy blog, this goes back to my Athrylith y Wasg X. I’m also not the only one to have noticed this mexican butterfly billboard taxonomy fail.
Rhannu hyn! 7 sylwadau - (Sylwadau ar gau) Entomoleg Gwyddoniaeth drwg, Glöynnod Byw, Entomoleg, Dynwared, Tacsonomeg Methu Wow mae wedi bod ychydig wythnosau ers fy swydd ddiwethaf, ac rwy'n ychydig yn embaras ar ôl gadael iddo fynd mor hir. Yr hyn yr wyf wedi bod yn ei wneud? Ddim yn ei chyfanrwydd. Dim teithiau casglu trawiadol, unrhyw rywogaethau neu darganfyddiadau newydd. A dweud y gwir wyf wedi bod yn eistedd wrth microsgop dyrannu organau rhywiol neu databasing pryfed parasitig. I’ll have to do a followup post to delve into those a bit more… But for now, here is a picture form last August. I was standing on an open stretch of Chihuahuan desert right outside of Douglas Arizona; a whopping one mile from the Mexican border. I arrived that evening with my collecting colleague, microlepidopterist Peter Jump, and we had just set up camp as the roll of thunder grew close. Aside from the extinct cinder-cones surrounding us and an occasional illegal immigrant, we were the only (and highest) thing around for miles. But the lightening was too hard to resist, I need a picture! But I didn’t have a cable release, nor a tripod, or even a good camera. So what to do… I chose the genius option of standing outside for 40 minutes with my Canon point-and-shoot. I missed 99% of every shot I took, while with every passing minute the lightening grew closer. O'r diwedd, I stumbled upon this decent image. The storm ended up being brief, we huddle in the car (that you can just make out in the picture) while the lightening approached and it drizzled on us for an hour then moved on. Collecting that night was impressive. There were so many moths in the trap that everything had gotten beaten to bits. I managed to rescue a handful of good specimens, but lesson learned for next time.
Rhannu hyn!Another not all that difficult GOP challenge, found here from the Scottish TV website. What’s wrong with the story below?
Rhannu hyn!A short clip from the brilliant show, Quite Interesting. The start of the discussion is in regards to cochineal bugs – although they refer to them as beetles! (gwel buggirl) Rhannu hyn!A weekend without moths can lead a lepidopterist to do crazy things. Crazy enough to photograph a spider. Over the weekend I was accompanied to the eastern Sierra by fellow insect blogger, coworker and arachnologist, Szuts Tamas. I was on the quest for more specimens of a new Hepialidae of which you may be familiar with from an earlier post. I heard reports from others that at elevations of 11,000’ there was still a significant snowpack even by the end of July. I figured the moth may be flying late this year, if at all. I was hoping to catch the end of summer and the moth both in perfect synchronization. Such was not my luck. I awoke on Saturday morning, sat upright, and brushed the frost off of my sleeping bag while desperately willing myself to brave the morning chill. Temps must have been pushing 25 degrees, a sign that autumn had return to the mountains. Two traps, a black light sheet and running around at dusk yielded zero Hepialidae and only ten moths in total (four species). And so I was encouraged by Tamas to actually photograph a non-lep, something that I should do more often. He had joined me eager to not only see the Sierra for the first time, but to find the beautiful Salticidae – Habronattus americanus. This little jumper can be found in the western states in rocky areas above 7,000′. After an hour or two of searching, Tamas finally captured a stunning pair. I must agree that this is a beautiful little spider. Visit his blog (in Hungarian) to see some of his stunning images as well.
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