Pa Chris Grinter, sou Sèptanm 8th, 2010 Pandan m 'travay sou yon sibstansyèl post plis, ou ka non sa a papiyon – ak plant la yo ta dwe trè fasil twò. Siplemantè bonis si ou ka devine konte a (leta a pa pral twò enpresyonan) nan ki mwen te pran foto sa a. Sa a te pre-DSLR, but my old beat up canon point-and-shoot did manage to get some good ones.
Pa Chris Grinter, on September 7th, 2010 
A sad story has just made its way up from Belize – la American Crocodile Education Sanctuary has burned to the ground. At first glance this was merely an unfortunate report about a research and conservation facility that had been lost in a tragic fire. That, sepandan, is not the entire story. It turns out that a mob of indigenous Mayans flew into a rage and torched the facility. Poukisa? Because a psychic told them the owners had murdered children and fed them to their crocodiles!
It was like something out of a Frankenstein movie,” Cherie Rose said Tuesday. “If we’d been home, they would have killed us. They said they were going to chop us up and feed us to the crocodiles.”
National police confirm that the indigenous Maya villagers were acting on the advice of a psychic who said the Roses had something to do with the August 7 disappearance of 9-year-old Benjamin Rash and his 11-year-old sister Onelia.
The question often comes up – “what harm is it really?” – in regards to this sort of anti-scientifc woo. Most of the time, there really isn’t any damage done, except to the pocketbook. men,, every once in a while, something tragic happens and it all could easily have been avoided with even the tiniest bit of rational thought or discretion. The psychic in town was far and beyond reckless by blaming these gringos – and she should suffer the consequences for her actions. She deliberately blamed two innocent people for the death of local children, which quickly resulted in a severe loss of personal property. Erezman, Cherie and Vince Rose were both away at the time rescuing a crocodile – they may have not escaped the angry mob had they been at home. Examples of this always make me sad, but reignite my passion for debunking these thieves and criminals.
I suggest visiting the ACES website and blog and either donate or write a note of support. If I weren’t a broke scientist myself, I’d offer more assistance for their efforts to rebuild. Kounye a – who will help educate those villagers before this happens again?!
Pa Chris Grinter, sou Sèptanm 6th, 2010 Pou lektè regilye nan blog mwen an ou ta ka deja konnen pozisyon mwen sou monak la, men catch up here if you’d like to. Yesterday I came across this article in the LA times – konsènan koloni yo ivèrnaj nan monak nan Pasifik Grove, CA. soti isit la, nan lwès divize kontinantal la, there are quite a few monarchs that migrate to coastal California and Baja del Norte instead of traveling into central Mexico. Not all monarchs from California stay in the state, but there are dozens hundreds of known roosting sites (.pdf) up and down our pacific coast.
Pacific Grove has one of the best known localities and has built the local economy around their seasonal migrants (yet no one is deporting these Mexicans). Nan ti bout tan, the town government hired an arborist to cut back dangerous eucalyptus growth. Why was that necessary? Back in 2004 a limb from a diseased native-pine had fallen and killed an 85-year-old woman while on a walk with her grandchildren. In wake of the million dollar settlement paid to the family of the deceased the town decided to preemptively cut back old tree growth. But now everyone is running around screaming foul, the trees were trimmed tou much. Wi, the precious homes of the monarchs were disturbed and it has riled the townspeople into a fury. What if the monarch’s don’t return?
Don’t worry, local filmmaker Bob Pacelli has a solution. Let’s just scatter as many eucalyptus trees as we can find into the grove to attract more butterflies.
In desperation, Pacelli came up with a plan: Find boxed trees — preferably blue gum eucalyptus — around 20 feet high and place them at strategic spots to help shelter the incoming monarchs. But the city has been slow to respond, Pacelli said. One official, Pacelli said, wrongly accused him of stepping on a butterfly, a violation of city code. No charges were filed.
For those paying attention, repons lan se wi, the city council of Pacific Grove has a law on the books that imposes a fine of $1,000 on anyone who molests a butterfly. Good things monarchs don’t roost in catholic churches.
Continue reading Monarch Madness
Pa Chris Grinter, le 27 Out, 2010 Sa a jeni nan laprès la se siplemantè espesyal, pa pou difikilte li, men pou èkse li yo. Mwen te jwenn istwa a menm te pote sou de sous separe, ak imaj diferan – ak tou de egalman kòrèk! Mwen ka imajine ke li pa pral pran tan pou yon moun pwen egzakteman sa ki mal ak istwa sa yo (allusion, genyen 2 bagay yo).
Isit la se premye a soti nan Mirror.co.uk “Gwo papiyon ra yo te jwenn nan Devon”.
Ak dezyèm lan soti nan Daily Mail sou entènèt ” Raman papiyon Luna yo te jwenn sou Devon…”
Pa Chris Grinter, sou Out 24th, 2010 Epi pandan ke mwen ratrape ou ka gade kèk grenpe Isabella Rossellini re-adopte estrateji yo kwazman nan yon pinèz. Ou ta dwe li tou, si ou pa te kenbe l 'deja, la ekselan atik pinèz ekri pa distenge a (ak ansyen pwofesè mwen an) Me Berenbaum.
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Pa Chris Grinter, le 14 out, 2010 Aswè a, si w nan San Francisco, ou ta dwe fè wout ou nan Showdogs ba (tou pre SoMa la) pou ensèten nan PUB la ak onorab James Randi! Mwen pral nan prezans, ansanm ak kèk zanmi entomologist parèy. Eseye sa facebook lyen – men si sa echwe, evènman an kòmanse nan 9pm.
Si ou pa nan SF, jwi kèk videyo Randi pito!
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Pa Chris Grinter, sou Out 10yèm, 2010 
Foto a se yon blan nwa-venn (Aporia crataegi ssp), and it is currently being returned to the Korean Institute of Biological Resources. Lajan Prete retounen, jan yo ta dwe, chak jou – epi yo ka menm nimewo nan dè milye yo nan echantiyon. I myself have a few hundred moths out on loan from a handful of museums that are pending research. As soon as I finish my work (or request an extension), the specimens are promptly returned accompanying my paper. Unfortunately it is not a rare occurrence where loans have gone out, and remained out without permission, for decades. At least in one case to my knowledge (names and institutions redacted) the loaned specimens were out so long they created a small international incident. Foreign ambassadors had to formally request the specimens, which had to be presented in person by our ambassador to their country.
This butterfly, sepandan, I don’t believe was part of a loan. So why is it going back to Korea?
Continue reading A Disturbing New Trend?
Pa Chris Grinter, on August 9th, 2010 This one is just tou easy. The billboard is on I-35 south of Burleson, Texas.
I don’t know the true provenance of this image, but it came my way from Omar Bocanegra via Mike Quinn on the Texas Lepidoptera list-serv.
Pa Chris Grinter, le 8 Out, 2010 
Mwen bite sou (pa sou stumbleupon) imaj SEM koulè sa yo sou la Paj Web Telegraph jodi a. Mwen espesyalman renmen imaj sa a nan yon lav Calliphoridae (Protophormia sp.) ki sanble plis soti nan yon fim syans fiksyon C-rated pase lanati. Li fè m sonje tou de yon karaktè Star Wars bizar ak yon Muppet an menm tan. Depa a brid sou achitekti estanda kò mamifè fè ensèk premye kandida pou etranje lòt monn. Yo dwe itilize ensèk kòm yon gid pou fim tankou District 9, Jwèt Starship Troopers, Etranje, Galaksi Quest… jis pou nonmen kèk resan yo. Mwen sèten ke lòt, plis byen akredite, Geeks Sci-Fi deyò ka panse a menm pi bon egzanp. Nan menm liy sa yo, mwen sonje imaj sa yo mwen te kase nan yon skarabe Cerambycidae anba a – Moneilem gigas. Sa a te nan premye jou yo nan nouvo kamera mwen an pou mwen pa ka gade dèyè sou yo kòm vaksen pafè.
Continue reading Muppet Monsters
Pa Chris Grinter, sou 6 Out, 2010 
Isit la se yon gason ki sou tèt mòn Papiyon zeliacon, oswa Anis swallowtail. Papiyon sa a gaye toupatou nan eta Pasifik lwès yo e li pwobableman pi komen pase sa li te ye. Apre entwodiksyon de fenouy (Fenouy komen), ak chape ki vin apre soti nan ortikol, Anis swallowtail la te pran kòm yon papiyon Kalifòni komen. Petèt anvan plant sa a depase bò wout nou an zelicaon ka te limite nan pye mòn yo Sierra, kounye a ou ka jwenn li atravè jaden nan tout Kalifòni. Malgre ke, bagay yo sanble ap ranvèse tèt yo nan sid CA kote papiyon sa a ap disparèt nan zòn iben yo.. Dènye entwodiksyon papiyon Gypsy la nan zòn Ventura/LA te inisye rejim flite ensektisid. – nou pa mansyone aparans nan yon Tachinidae parazit pwogrese ki renmen pi gwo leps. Sou kòt lès mouch parazit sa a ak gwo flite te disparèt papiyon Imperial la (Eacles Imperialis) soti nan anpil nan ranje li a, kite li an danje nan pi fò nan New England.
Continue reading Butterfly Porn
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