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Aphonopelma species from Western Texas.
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Sutra počinje faza 1 terenskog rada / ludi vožnje i vrijeme odmora. I bit će usmjerena na prikupljanje za ovu fazu putovanje, hitting southern Texas just in time for the tail end of fall flying moths in the genus Schinia. Ali microleps su moj primarni interes, 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. Podijelite ovu! Jedan komentar - (Komentari su zatvoreni)  Entomologija  Prikupljanje, Entomologija, Opasnosti od Prikupljanje, Moljci, Road Trip, Teksas Ovotjedna (kao da sam držati korak s ovog tjednika) GOP je poslao mi je komentator “Pokopala“. Hvala na doprinosu! Čini se kao puno lakše, i ja snažno potaknuti buduće podneske od drugih čitatelja. Za one koji su novi na moj 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.
Podijelite ovu!Grad radim u dogoditi da se jedan od najvećih gradova na svijetu – pa neka mi ga utrljajte u kratko. Ovdje je zapanjujuća videa od San Francisca zarobljeni od strane lokalnih umjetnika. Pobrinite se da gledaju u HD-u, to je zapanjujući. The Unseen Sea iz Simon Christen on Vimeo. Podijelite ovu!
I came across this interesting device and had an instant gut reaction.. “Naravno, glupo žarulja voda ne otjerati muhe, ovo je prijevara!”… dubok dah… OK to je strašno skepticizam. Zapravo, to je ciničan i to je upravo ono što skeptici Mrzim kad me se zove. To je također nešto što se događa previše lako – I’m pretty convinced that ghosts don’t exist, there has been no compelling evidence, ever. But every time I hear a story of a haunting it is far too tempting to just think of a few plausible explanations and dismiss the case without a closer look. And when we do this we give fodder to the credulous investigator who will throw it back in our faces faster than a spirit-orb zipping across a room. Discovering a real ghost for the first time ever is pretty nearly impossible; yet the answer isn’t always the most obvious hypothesis and you can stumble upon a zebra every once in a while. The point is that investigation is the only real way to remain skeptical. Continue reading Call me skeptical… Podijelite ovu! 8 Komentari - (Komentari su zatvoreni) Entomologija, Skepticizam Loša znanost, Entomologija, Logičke zablude, Štetočine, Prijevare i prijevara, Skepticizam Na moje svakodnevno mijenjati natrag u Berkeleyu, Ja sam uočio ovo (isprike za cruddy slike). Zapravo, Vidio sam nekoliko tih pop-up u San Franciscu, a čini mi se od suza moju kosu svaki put. Za one koji su novi u mom blogu, this goes back to my Genius Press X. I’m also not the only one to have noticed this mexican butterfly billboard taxonomy fail.
Podijelite ovu! 7 Komentari - (Komentari su zatvoreni) Entomologija Loša znanost, Leptiri, Entomologija, Mimikrija, Taksonomija Fail Wow to je bio nekoliko tjedana od kada sam zadnji post, i ja sam malo neugodno nakon što pusti to tako dugo. Što sam bio do? Nije cijela ne. Nema impresivne prikupljanje putovanja, nema novih vrsta ili otkrića. Zapravo sam sjedio na mikroskopom seciranje genitalije ili databasing parazitske muhe. 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. Napokon, 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.
Podijelite ovu!Još nije sve što je teško GOP izazov, found here from the Scottish TV website. Što nije u redu s pričom ispod?
Podijelite ovu!Kratki isječak iz briljantne predstave, Vrlo zanimljiv. Početak rasprave je u odnosu na cochineal bugova – iako se odnose na njih kao bube! (vidjeti buggirl) Podijelite ovu!Vikend bez moljaca može dovesti lepidopterist raditi lude stvari. Dovoljno lud da fotografira pauka. Preko vikenda sam bio u pratnji na istočnoj Sierra strane kolega kukaca bloger, suradnika i arachnologist, Tamas Szuts. 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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