Over onMyrmecos الکس وحشی فقط به توجه من حمله و نه شخصی از یک جفت از سناتورهای جمهوریخواه به ارمغان آورد (تام کوبرن, R-اوکلاهما., و جان مک کین, R-طور). یک بار دیگر من شروع به اظهار نظر, اما با توجه به نحوه نزدیک به خانه این بازدید, من احساس زخم زبان دیگر نفس نزدیک…
ظاهرا, کار من است زباله بزرگ از پول. بودجه که آکادمی علوم کالیفرنیا (کارفرمای من) رسیده است, در حال آمدن است تحت حمله مستقیم. خوب, من موقعیت هیچ ربطی به با Antweb و من از بودجه عمومی پشتیبانی نمی – اما برخی از همکاران من هستند. همکاران که دقیقا همان عنوان شغلی را به عنوان خود من, کار چند درب پایین, و اتفاق می افتد به کار بر روی پروژه های مختلف تامین می شود از منابع مختلف. این جوش پایین به تنها یک جنگ حزب جمهوری خواه در علم نیست (رفتن که کتاب), اما یک جنگ حزب جمهوری خواه در روشنفکری. هر کس که پوسته پوسته دست کمی این گزارش گردد تا نه تنها عمدا نادان اما در حال آشکار نادرست. چه فرض عمده ناگفته خود را در اینجا است? The logical fallacy runs somewhere along the line of…
A) Democrats are wasting money because we are not in power.
B) By pointing out where this money is being “wasted” we will help save it and in turn ingratiate ourselves to the voters.
B) Supporting science (به عنوان مثال،. wasteful spending) is the cause of our economic problems.
تازه بیرون از میز Nature News ویژگی تعمق در دنیای بدون پشه است (یا -پاها). این خبر چطوره? شاید کنترل برداری جدیدی وجود داشته باشد که همه ما باید در مورد آن بشنویم! خوب, مقاله آخرین نسخه Nature با عنوان را ببینید “جهانی بدون پشه“. من در ابتدا با این مورد برخورد کردم وبلاگ PZ Myers و شروع به نوشتن نظر کرد… که به طور تصاعدی شروع به رشد کرد، بنابراین تصمیم گرفتم در عوض در مورد آن وبلاگ بنویسم.
خوب, شاید نه. But I did get a little jealous when I came acrossاین مقالهwhere I discovered a local San Francisco artist who is charging $60 یک پاپ برای “کلاسهای پخش حشرات”. من تعجب می کنم که واقعا چند نفر در کلاس ماهانه حاضر می شوند? این فقط در, Chris Grinter is offering an insect spreading class for merely $49.99! I’d probably make it all sciency though and no one would show…
But while you’re learning the ways of pinning you can pick up your creepy victorian taxidermy character.
تقریباً زمان انتشار یک جلد دیگر از نبوغ مطبوعات است. Who will be first to spotthe error here? اعطا شده, بخش اطلاعات وب سایت متحرک با نرخ ثابت کالیفرنیا دقیقاً منبع روزنامه نگاری درجه یک نیست…
در اینجا چند تصویر دیگر از سفر جاده ای اخیر من در شمال وجود دارد, این بار از غرب آیداهو. درست در خارج از شهر نیو میدوز مزارع گلهایی پر از زندگی وجود داشت. این بهترین روز برای جمع آوری سالهای گذشته بود, and fellow road tripper Peter Jump and I discovered this population ofAdela flammeusella. This represents a likely state record for Idaho and possibly the eastern most population known for this species. They are supposedly associated with Owl’s Clover (some now reassigned toCastilleja), but I don’t recall ever seeing any at this location. I usually notice this plant whenever I’m in the field because it is the host to a handful of other interesting leps.
One frustrating character of the genus Adela is the homogeneity of the genitalia. For any entomologist out there it is par for the course to use the morphology of genitalia as a plethora of characters most useful in species identification. Microleps are often most easily differentiated through dissection, and a few groups must be dissected to even get to genus! But even strikingly different Adela are almost identical internally. بجای, a leg will go off to get DNA barcoded. Chances are it’s nothing too interesting, but stranger things have been known to happen. At the very least it will be informative to know what the genetic divergence might be across the range of the species.
در شهرستان لاسن شرقی, در تپه های وسیع ارس مرزی کالیفرنیا و نوادا, گله هایی وجود دارد “وحشی” اسبها, گوسفند و گاو. همتراز برای دوره, تنها گیاه گلدار در اطراف ساقه ساقه بود (wycherleyi حداکثر). با وجود گیاهان غیر بومی و (نیمه)مگا-جانور, حشرات هنوز در خانه بودند. تنها منبع شهد بودن, the small clumps of invasives were packed with thirsty Lycaenidae. In all I netted 6 different species and got some decent shots of 3. It seems like I take a lot of butterfly photos for a moth collector…but it’s hard to pass up such a charismatic group.
But thinking of those horses (ah OK, “mustangs”) has given me a great idea. بله, horses were once part of the prehistoric American fauna up until about 12,000 years ago. While the horse family may have evolved on the American plains, they have been long absent. Reintroduction of horses by the Spaniards planted the seeds that would become a staple of American culture. That is why today millions of dollars and tens of thousands of feral horses run wild in CA, NV and Utah. Even less popular are the somewhat clandestine annual culls that must be strictly enforced to keep these large herds healthy. My solution: reintroduce lions. America was once home to the North American lion (Panthera leo atrox), which stood a whopping 25% larger than the African lion and was the largest cat to have ever lived. These must have feasted on horse-tacos and in turn kept the populations stable. And since our feral horses are of Arabian dissent, we may as well introduce the extremely endangered Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica), that will be well suited to feast on its Persian brethren. If we are conserving “وحشی” اسبها, we might as well do it right (به علاوه, I’d be much more interested in seeing horses if I could see lions too).
I’m not too sure if I’m sold on this theme. I’ve been shopping around for a new look, and am giving “twenty ten” a try. Let me know your opinion – whether or not you think it is better than the previous layout “misty”, or if there is another design you love. Be extra critical (especially since I had zero to do with these pre-fab designs).
خوب – didn’t like the new theme all that much, went back to the tried and true misty. I can always hope for a future one that fits this page a bit better though.
Thanks for the input (especially for some received off-blog).
چند ماه پیش من از جمع آوری آریزونا در غرب و شکست خورده به دنبال از طریق با هر عکس و یا به روز رسانی در آن سفر. خوب, این یک موفقیت بود و به خوبی به ارزش مایل به گرفتن وجود دارد! I was searching for a Crambid moth in the mountains of theKofa National Wildlife Refuge (special thanks to the Kofa staff for quickly approving my permits). While I’m still sorting through moths from that trip, the timing couldn’t have been better weather wise. It was mild out (mid 90’s is almost cool for that region!) and still wet. As you can see below, there were plenty of moths that night. Here are a few images from the trip… now to catch up with my latest photos!
This is as close to the Big Horn Sheep as I could get…
من از جاده هستم با هزاران نفر از نمونه, کمی خسته و آماده به نشستن هنوز هم برای کمی. در تمام این سفر فوق العاده بود – اما من مقدار زیادی و تعداد زیادی از پردازش به انجام. در حالی که من بازی گرفتن تا, لذت بردن از این کلیپ. تا آنجا که من می دانم, هیچ رابطه ای مستقیم وجود دارد. But the Grinter pool is a small one and it seems like he should be somewhere on my tree. All I can say is that I hope after I am gone there are ghosts of my creepy employees haunting my home, breathing heavily behind visitors (واقعا? that’s the latest ghost trick?). I also fully expect a documentary with a guy tryingواقعاhard to sound creepy – it should be in my last will and testament.
Over the next week and a half I’ll be driving up to Washington state for the annualپروانهشناسهای’ Society meeting. It is located in the tourist-trap town of Leavenworth, which is a “Bavarian themed” diorama of postcard and clog shops. While I can never quite understand the appeal of themed towns, it is something Americans just love. هک, I lived in Solvang for two years (در زیر), so Leavenworth will be a nostalgic remembrance.
Now of course I’ll be camping and collecting along the way, so my posting will dip below the already slow norm. I’ll try to post some updates form the road, especially when incredible things happen*. گوش به زنگ باشید, and enjoy the other spectacular bloggers from my blogroll.
* Which they undoubtedly will. البته, I know I promised this from my last road trip to Arizona and have yet to deliver. I’m working on it!
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