ໂດຍຄຣິດສ Grinter, ໃນວັນທີ 30 ພຶດສະພາ, 2010 ສໍາລັບຊຸດແບບສອບຖາມທີ່ບໍ່ຄ່ອຍເກີດຂຶ້ນຊ້ຳ, ນີ້ແມ່ນຮູບພາບໃຫມ່. ມົດນີ້ແມ່ນໃຜ?
ໂດຍຄຣິດສ Grinter, ໃນວັນທີ 25 ເດືອນພຶດສະພາ, 2010 
ສໍາລັບການຄາລິຟໍເນຍຜູ້ທີ່ອ່ານ, ໂດຍສະເພາະແມ່ນຜູ້ທີ່ຢູ່ໃນເຂດພາກໃຕ້, ຮັກສາຕາອອກສໍາລັບການນີ້ spider ງາມພຽງເລັກນ້ອຍ, geometricus Latrodectus – widow ສີນ້ໍາ. ນັກບູຮານຄະດີຢູ່ UC Riverside ກໍາລັງຕິດຕາມການແຜ່ກະຈາຍຂອງຊະນິດທີ່ຮຸກຮານນີ້. ກົງກັນຂ້າມມັນ turns ອອກທີ່ບໍ່ເປັນອັນຕະລາຍເປັນ widow ສີດໍາຂອງພວກເຮົາ native. ຢ່າງໃດກໍ່ຕາມ, ມັນບໍ່ແມ່ນມາຈາກ 'ອ້ອມຂ້າງເຫຼົ່ານີ້ພາກສ່ວນນີ້ (ຄວນເວົ້າຢູ່ໃນເຂດພາກໃຕ້ທີ່ດີທີ່ສຸດຂອງເຈົ້າ). ຖ້າເຈົ້າພົບຕົວຢ່າງ, ໂດຍສະເພາະຖ້າທ່ານບໍ່ໄດ້ຢູ່ໃນເຂດ LA/Orange/SD, ເຈົ້າຄວນ ຕິດຕໍ່ ທີມງານຢູ່ UCR.
ໂດຍຄຣິດສ Grinter, ໃນວັນທີ 25 ເດືອນພຶດສະພາ, 2010 With Korea teetering on the edge of a hot war, an ecological disaster of unprecedented proportion and civil unrest in Jamaica (someone harshed their mellow) – just to name a few of todays headlines from other sources – CNN takes the time to fluff up its front page.
I usually get a little excited when I come across articles like this because I always have hopes for something so ridiculous it has to be discussed. Thankfully CNN is run by teams of drunken marmosets who like to fling crap at us. Before the Skeptical Moth epoch I would share links to cover page stories on the findings of bigfoot, chupacabra and aliens with just a few friends or spread it around facebook. Now I can ridicule CNN on a google archived medium.
I just do not understand the point of this article. John Blake doesn’t discuss an explanation for this phenomenon, offer an opinion, or ask any questions. ແນ່ນອນ, he asks if God really cares who wins, but that question isn’t any more valid than asking if my dog (also fictional) cares what kind of car I drive (unless of course it is psychic! ຢ່າງຮຸນແຮງ…people believe this). When I read articles like this I feel as if I am grading papers in a high school english class. There is no journalistic integrity, intelligent opinion or factual basis for the scribbling – there are just pretty pictures and words illustrating them. Setting the whole prayer and faith issue aside; athletes have always been known for their superstitions (another). ການ “acceptance speech” phenomenon undoubtedly falls under this category. After achieving a statistically small outcome (ເບິ່ງ hot hands), they are afraid of forgetting God in fear of magically losing their ability (not necessarily consciously). For some reason Blake restrains this article to only sports – perhaps he is intentionally playing into the massive demographic of American sports loving, bud-light swilling, christians – but clearly this is a reoccurring theme. At any awards ceremony God, Jesus or Allah is usually at the top of the thank-you list. Forget all that hard work and talent you might have, it was something or someone else. Abandoning all rational thought to a mystical being is a dangerous thing. This mindset is the same one that allows addicts to blame anyone but themselves (even if addiction is in part hard-wired), believe in faith healing, start a holy war, or let the Catholic church blame the devil.
CNN is flashing the lights and jingling the keys over the faces of their readers. Usually I leave it up to FOX news to insult my intelligence, but I am glad to know I have a choice in this market.
ໂດຍຄຣິດສ Grinter, ໃນວັນທີ 24 ເດືອນພຶດສະພາ, 2010 
A ຫນຶ່ງຄັ້ງໃນການປະກົດຕົວຕະຫຼອດຊີວິດ, ເປັນ bilateral gynandromorph. ໃນສັ້ນ, glitch ໃນໄລຍະແຕກຕ່າງກັນແຕ່ລະຫ້ອງການສ້າງຮູບແບບການໂຄໂມໂຊມບໍ່ສະເຫມີກັນ, ຊຶ່ງນໍາໄປສູ່ການສະແດງອອກທາງເພດສະເຫມີກັນໃນແມງໄມ້ຂອງຜູ້ໃຫຍ່. ຖ້າຫາກວ່າທ່ານບໍ່ໄດ້ຄລິກໃສ່ການເຊື່ອມຕໍ່ຂ້າງເທິງ, ເຮັດແນວນັ້ນ, ມັນເປັນຄໍາອະທິບາຍທີ່ດີເລີດທີ່ມີຮູບພາບບາງຢ່າງທີ່ຫນ້າຢ້ານ.
ກັບຄືນໄປບ່ອນ butterfly ໄດ້. I was in the field this March just above the middle fork of the American River on the hunt for Xanthothrix, with me was Brian Hansen and Bob Patterson. Bob and I were on a mission, to locate a remote patch of Coreopsis high on serpentine soils, and to find our rare little moth. Brian came along to enjoy the day and explore the butterfly fauna. While Bob and I hiked ahead anxious to see if the days hike would be worth it, Brian stopped frequently to net passing leps. It was probably less than an hour out from the car when we hear form behind us on the trail “Hey guys… I think I just caught a gynandromorph!!!” ຕົກລົງ, I was skeptical. Bob and I approached to see Brian holding a little blue in his hand, which unmistakably, was a bilateral gynandromorph. I was blown away. Bob has over 50 years of experience as an avid lepidopterist and has never seen one of these in the wild. To make this feat even more impressive, this small blue butterfly is one of the commonest insects in the American west in the spring. ໃນມື້ນີ້, they were puddling in great numbers along the trail, and I hadn’t even stopped to blink at one. Brian just netted a one in a million catch. Perhaps it is the curse of a jaded lepidopterist that will keep me from such once in a lifetime discovery; but I know I will be looking closer at even the commonest butterfly as it wings by me.
So as you can see the butterfly is exactly half male and half female (the right side is female). If you look very closely you can even see a perfect vertical line bisecting the body if the insect (looks like a photoshop edit almost), gynandromorphism after-all is expressed throughout the entire body and even the genitalia are contorted into strange shapes.
The specimen is in Brian Hansen’s personal collection, and you can find the images hosted on the Butterflies of America website.
ໂດຍຄຣິດສ Grinter, on May 23rd, 2010 
ຕາມທໍາມະຊາດ, it was named Phallus drewsii. This comes form the list of the top 10 species named ໃນ 2009, complied by Arizona State University (not a very good list if 7 of my new species weren’t on there…). While I tend to avoid phallic and O’Keeffesque botany, this one I couldn’t resist because it was named after someone from my own institution. ທ່ານດຣ. Robert Drewes now has a small phallic fungi named after him (with permission). Taxonomy humor at work.
ໂດຍຄຣິດສ Grinter, ໃນວັນທີ 18 ເດືອນພຶດສະພາ, 2010 
ໄດ້ຮັບການພຽງແຕ່ໄດ້ຮັບການໃນໄລຍະ ແມງໃນ Bush ໄດ້. ຂ້າມໄປ ແລະສຳຫຼວດເບິ່ງງານລ້ຽງມອດລ່າສຸດ, ການລວບລວມ blogs ທີ່ມີ moths ໃນວິທີການຫນຶ່ງຫຼືອື່ນໃນໄລຍະເດືອນທີ່ຜ່ານມາຫຼືດັ່ງນັ້ນ.
ໂດຍຄຣິດສ Grinter, ໃນວັນທີ 18 ເດືອນພຶດສະພາ, 2010 ຂ່າວໃນປະເທດອິນເດຍ, ການຖ່າຍຮູບ butterfly ໄດ້ຖືກລັກພາຕົວ. ຢ່າງເປັນທາງການ park A ທ້ອງຖິ່ນຜູ້ທີ່ໄດ້ຢ້ຽມຢາມແຂວງພາກຕາເວັນອອກພາກເຫນືອ Arunachal Pradesh ໄດ້ປະຕິບັດໃນຕອນກາງຄືນໂດຍ gang ຂອງພວກກະບົດຊາວຫນຸ່ມປະກອບອາວຸດ. ຄວາມພະຍາຍາມເພື່ອຊອກຫາໃຫ້ເຂົາໄດ້ຮັບການ hampered ໂດຍດິນຟ້າອາກາດແລະພູມິປະເທດຫ່າງໄກສອກຫຼີກ. India has recently become one of the most difficult countries to conduct research in, and now we are all reminded of its continuing history of violence. Often it is within the remote and wild portions of a developing country that harbors both stunning biodiversity and militant dissidents. While in Ecuador my group kept an eye out for Columbian FARC rebels who may have strayed across the border; thankfully it was only a minute possibility they would be there in the first place, and nothing was seen. I think some of my most harrowing field work has been along the US-Mexican boarder states and in Mexico itself. Drug runners would rather shoot you before asking you to move out of their way, and roaming banditos were responsible for a murder of a colleagues friend in Oaxaca years ago. Not surprisingly, the lure of untapped biodiversity keeps pulling us in. Stay safe in the field!
ໂດຍຄຣິດສ Grinter, on May 5th, 2010 Over a long weekend I’ll be out in the field. Stay tuned for incredible stories (no hype here…).
While I’m away enjoy the following from other excellent bloggers:
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ໂດຍຄຣິດສ Grinter, on May 5th, 2010  It’s good to throw a changeup every one in a while, and this week here is an article that is actually GOOD. Yes, you read it here first, ເປັນ positive article about entomology collections. We all need a breather after that Fox news fiasco with the Michigan State collection. The Honolulu Magazine does a really great job (hey… I knew that title sounded familiar… it’s a book by ເດືອນພຶດສະພາ Berenbaum) and they actually seem to get it. There are some great quotes from Dr. Neal Evenhuis (pictured) and Shepherd Myers; go read about the Bishop Museum’s collections and the awesomeness of being an entomologist on one of the most beautiful places in the world. ຕົວຈິງແລ້ວ, Neal, need a curatorial assistant?
ໂດຍຄຣິດສ Grinter, ໃນວັນທີ 4 ພຶດສະພາ, 2010
For those who are not aware, a new book hit the market at the end of last year. “The Moths of Western North America“, Powell and Opler. At only $95 it’s worth every cent (ຫຼື $75 for the e-book, but I hate e-books). It’s a remarkable tome and the first of its kind for the western states. Not only is it a spectacular reference, but it sets the bar for all insect books. ບໍ່, not every moth in the west is in there (that would break my desk and wallet at over 6,000 ຊະນິດ), but almost one of every genus and common or remarkable species has a photograph, life history and distribution. Most importantly it covers microlepidoptera. I grew up on the eastern counterpart, Moths of Eastern North America by Covell. I had two copies, one for the field and one for my desk – and had to replace the field copy at least once. It was a great book, but Powell and Opler have run laps around it.
The other good news is you can now access all 1,228 moth illustrations and corresponding data online for ບໍ່ເສຍຄ່າ. Go to CalPhotos and search for Powell, ຫຼື click here. The nice part about this is the somewhat smaller microlep photos in the book are available in high-resolution for better identification. Beautiful addition to the reference and easier than sending everyone a CD.
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