Na Chris Grinter, juu ya Septemba 8, 2010 Wakati mimi kazi ya baada ya zaidi kikubwa, unaweza jina butterfly hii – na kupanda lazima pretty rahisi pia. Kinga ya ziada ya ziada kama unaweza nadhani kata (hali si kuwa pia kuvutia) ambayo mimi alichukua picha hii. Hii ilikuwa kabla ya DSLR, but my old beat up canon point-and-shoot did manage to get some good ones.
Na Chris Grinter, juu ya Septemba 7, 2010 
hadithi ya kusikitisha ana haki ya alifanya njia yake kutoka Belize – akaonekana American Crocodile Education Sanctuary has burned to the ground. Kwa mtazamo wa kwanza hii ilikuwa tu ripoti bahati mbaya kuhusu utafiti na uhifadhi wa kituo kwamba alikuwa zimepotea katika moto wa kutisha. Kwamba, Hata hivyo, si hadithi nzima. It turns out that a mob of indigenous Mayans flew into a rage and torched the facility. Why? 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. Lakini, 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. Asante, 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. Now – who will help educate those villagers before this happens again?!
Na Chris Grinter, mnamo Septemba 6,, 2010 Kwa wasomaji mara kwa mara ya blog yangu unaweza tayari kujua msimamo wangu juu ya Mfalme, lakini catch up here if you’d like to. Yesterday I came across makala hii in the LA times – kuhusu makoloni overwintering ya wafalme wa katika Pacific Grove, CA. Nje hapa, magharibi ya mgawanyiko wa bara, 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). Kwa kifupi, 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 pia much. Ndiyo, 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?
Usijali, 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, ndiyo, 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
Na Chris Grinter, juu ya Agosti 27, 2010 Fikra hii ya vyombo vya habari ni ziada maalum, si kwa shida yake, lakini kwa redundancy yake. Nimeona hadithi hiyo kufanyika vyanzo viwili tofauti, na picha mbalimbali – na zote kwa usawa sahihi! Siwezi kufikiria kwamba itakuwa si kuchukua muda mrefu kwa ajili ya mtu uhakika nje hasa nini mbaya na hadithi hizi (ladha, kuna 2 mambo).
Hapa ni ya kwanza kutoka kwa Mirror.co.uk “Nondo mkubwa adimu apatikana huko Devon”.
Na ya pili kutoka kwa Daily Mail mtandaoni ” Nondo wa Luna adimu kupatikana kwenye Devon…”
Na Chris Grinter, juu ya Agosti 24, 2010 Na wakati mimi catch up unaweza kuangalia baadhi creepy Isabella Rossellini re-kutunga mikakati kupandisha ya kunguni. Unapaswa pia kusoma, kama si hawakupata tayari, akaonekana bora kunguni makala imeandikwa na wanajulikana (na profesa wangu wa zamani) Mei Berenbaum.
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Na Chris Grinter, juu ya Agosti 14, 2010 Usiku wa leo, kama wewe ni katika San Francisco, unapaswa kufanya njia yako ya Showdogs bar (karibu SOMA) kwa wasiwasi katika baa na heshima James Randi! Mimi itabidi kuwa katika mahudhurio, pamoja na marafiki wachache wenzake entomologist. Jaribu hili facebook kiungo – lakini kama kwamba inashindwa, tukio kuanza saa 9:00.
Ikiwa hauko katika SF, furahia baadhi ya video za Randi badala yake!
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Na Chris Grinter, juu ya Agosti 10, 2010 
Pichani ni nyeusi-veined nyeupe (Aporia crataegi ssp), and it is currently being returned to the Korean Institute of Biological Resources. Mikopo kupata kurudi, kama wanapaswa kuwa, kila siku – na unaweza hata idadi katika maelfu ya sampuli. 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, Hata hivyo, I don’t believe was part of a loan. So why is it going back to Korea?
Continue reading A Disturbing New Trend?
Na Chris Grinter, juu ya Agosti 9, 2010 This one is just pia easy. Billboard ni juu ya I-35 kusini ya Burleson, Texas.
Sijui Chimbuko ya kweli ya picha hii, lakini alikuja njia yangu kutoka Omar Bocanegra kupitia Mike Quinn juu ya Lepidoptera Texas orodha-Serv.
Na Chris Grinter, juu ya Agosti 8, 2010 
Mimi mashaka juu ya (si juu ya StumbleUpon) picha hizi za rangi za SEM kwenye Tovuti ya Telegraph leo. Mimi hasa upendo picha hii ya Calliphoridae lava (Protophormia sp.) kwamba inaonekana zaidi nje ya C-rated sayansi movie kuliko asili. Inanikumbusha juu ya mhusika wa ajabu wa Star Wars na Muppet kwa wakati mmoja. Kuondoka kwa ghafla kutoka kwa usanifu wa kawaida wa miili ya mamalia huwafanya wadudu kuwa wagombea wakuu kwa viumbe wengine wa ulimwengu.. Wadudu lazima wametumiwa kama mwongozo wa sinema kama Wilaya 9, Wanajeshi wa Starship, Mgeni, Galaxy Quest… kutaja chache za hivi karibuni. Nina hakika hiyo nyingine, iliyoidhinishwa vizuri zaidi, wasomi wa sci-fi huko nje wanaweza kufikiria mifano bora zaidi. Pamoja na mistari hiyo hiyo nakumbuka picha hizi nilizonasa za mende wa Cerambycidae hapa chini – Moneilem gigas. Hii ilikuwa katika siku za kwanza za kamera yangu mpya kwa hivyo siwezi kuzitazama kama picha nzuri zaidi.
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Na Chris Grinter, juu ya Agosti 6, 2010 
Hapa kuna dume la juu la kilima Kipepeo zeliacon, au Anise Swallowtail. Butterfly hii ni mkubwa katika magharibi wa mataifa Pacific na pengine ni ya kawaida zaidi kuliko mara moja mara. Baada ya kuanzishwa kwa shamari (Fennel ya kawaida), na baadae kutoroka kutoka kilimo cha maua, anise Swallowtail akamshika kama kawaida California butterfly. Labda kabla ya mmea huu haujafika kando ya barabara zetu zelikaon inaweza kuwa imezuiliwa kwenye vilima vya Sierra, sasa unaweza kuipata katika bustani zote za California. Ingawa, mambo yanaonekana kujirudia katika eneo la kusini mwa CA ambapo kipepeo huyu anatoweka mijini. Utangulizi wa hivi majuzi wa nondo ya gypsy katika maeneo ya Ventura/LA umeanzisha utaratibu wa kunyunyizia dawa. – bila kusahau kuonekana kwa vimelea vamizi Tachinidae anayependa leps kubwa. Nje ya pwani ya mashariki inzi huyu mwenye vimelea na kunyunyizia dawa kwa nguvu amemaliza nondo wa Imperial. (Eacles imperialis) kutoka kwa safu nyingi, kuiacha ikiwa hatarini katika sehemu kubwa ya New England.
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