By Chris Grinter, nyob rau lub kaum hli ntuj 4, 2011 Ob peb lub hlis dhau los tus zoo heev qhov tseem ceeb rau lub Lepidoptera ntawm Canada (kom tag) tau luam tawm raws Jason Dombroskie – ib tug kawm PhD los ntawm qhov U. ntawm Alberta. Qhov kev pab cuam no muaj nyob rau cov neeg siv los ntawm qhov rais xwb ces kuv tsis muaj zoo sij hawm rau koj tshawb tau – tiam sis tus PDF yeej muaj nyob rau hauv internet thiab rau ib yam khoom yog siv. Cov Canadian Lepidoptera paub tias muaj nyob rau hauv no siv tau thiab feem ntau lawv mus ua subfamily los yog tej pawg neeg! Muaj cov 222 taxa, 73 cim thiab 266 ximxoo kas uas pab vos yam qhau. Qhov no yog qhov siv thawj thiaj los yog thiab yuav npog lub fauna ntawm ib lub teb chaws tag nrho thiab tus ua ntej yuav siv ib qhov tseem ceeb thiab illustrated thiab sib tham sib. Nws yog tsab li cas zoo paub qhov leps yog tsis tau chiv keeb zoo li ob peb nyob ua ib ke, yuav luag tsis muaj cov uas muaj ib qhov tseem ceeb usable. Sawv daws muaj sia uas muaj struggled qhia hais tias leps ua ntej no yuav yog ib qho incredibly uas yuav pab tau. Tso cai, muaj ntau tej zaum ob peb teb chaws Asmeskas rau npaub uas yuav muab ib tug ciaj ntswj ua txaus rau yam, tiam sis yog large kuv doubt yuav muaj ntau yam teeb meem.
By Chris Grinter, nyob rau lub kaum hli ntuj hnub, 2011  Gnophaela vermiculata khub
No hnub Monday npauj yog ib Arctiinae, Gnophaela vermiculata. No zoo hnub flying npaub tau ntau rau daj Helianthus paj ncig 9000′ nyob hauv lub hav zoov raug Fe National, New Mexico. Kab lia noj bluebells, tab sis cov laus tsuas yog siab zoo kua paj ntoo qhov nyob rau sab – uas tsi zoo rau compound Diam duab yooj yim thiab txaus nyiam.
By Chris Grinter, nyob cuaj hlis 30, 2011 Hnub no tias ib hnub twg tu siab nyob hauv keeb kwm Physics, tus Tevatron accelerator hauv Fermi (lab) nyob rau hauv Batavia Illinois yog powered cia rau lub sij hawm dhau. Ib zaug ntawm ob mas haib accelerator nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb (thiab muaj hwjchim tshaj plaws nyob rau teb chaws USA), tus tshiab LHC lawm no zoo nkauj tshuab obsolete. Kuv yeej tsuas xav tias twb nrog cov uas zaum ua hauj lwm hauv Fermi hopeful rau ntxiv nyiaj, tab sis tus grand ol’ hnub loj-nyiaj physics txawm crushed los ntawm cov congress hauv 1993 nrog lub cancelation ntawm tus SSC. Tawm teb chaws Europe peb physicists mus!
Kuv muaj ntau paub zoo puas ntawm mus Fermi nrog kuv kawm ntawv qib kawm ntawv kev kawm. Txhua xyoo Mr. Lub tsev yuav coj peb mus tshawb cov physics thiab lwm tus ib txwm siv xwm. Kuv nco qab nyog ib ces thaum koj xyuas ib lub chaw kuaj ua hauj lwm tiag uas muaj tsis muaj pej xeem lus uas ntxim hlub goggly-eyed atoms, cwj mem av dawb xwb cam kom tas kev kos duab Feynman thiab 3 hnub qub khob kas fes. Tab sis yog tej zaum lub siab huv loj bluestem nrag hlob tuaj rau hauv thiab ib ncig lub 4 ntiv nplhaib collider mais uas kuv tau tshaj lom zem heev thiab yog dab tsi tseg ib feem lasting ntawm kuv hauj lwm kev.
Ces nws mus, cov evolution ntawm kev kawm hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas. Kuv pom tau qhov sib txhom: 1) Ib yam kev kawm qhov chaw uas muaj ntau ntau los ntawm kev tshawb fawb muaj ib me quav tsev cia puav pheej tshaj rau pej xeem tours. 2) Txoj kev soj ntsuam loses nyiaj pab thiab cov tsev khaws puav pheej me quav yuav siv. 3) Cov tsev khaws puav pheej yog renovated yuav tsis ntau tshaj “tsev neeg” tus phooj ywg thiab “sib tham sib”, Thaum kev kawm raug thawb rau hauv lub qab lawj. 4) Txawm tus zaum no tshuav (los yog cov me nyuam kawm ntawv ua zoo ib yam li zaum ntiav) yog ntsaws rau hauv lub khob rau pej xeem saib zoo li creatures coj txawv txawv; Thaum cov kev tshawb fawb muaj tseeb tag nrho yuav ploj mus ua kev nco.
 Tevatron nyob Fermi: Reidar Hahn/Fermilab
By Chris Grinter, nyob cuaj hlis 30, 2011 Tus 2011 Ig Nobel ceremony muab chaw nag hmo rau lub Harvard Sanders Theatre. Qhov puav pheej yog kev txhawb los ntawm tej kev tshawb Improbable, yog cov koom haum uas sib sau fascinating, khib, thiab muaj kev lom zem heev outright papers ntawd triumph tsab cai idea uas tsis yog tas nrho cov kev kawm yog boring. Ntawm xyoo distinguished neeg tau koj txog haujlwm entomologist thiab blogger David Rentz, leej twg txais tus IgNobel hauv ib rau ib foundations hauv 1983 cov colleague Darryl Gwynne nyob rau hauv pawg outback. Npaum li cas rau lawv surprise ib cov style ntawm lub raj mis kas fes nrog indentations nyob puag (“stubbies”) proved tau irresistible caug ntawm tus Buprestid kab Julodimorpha bakewelli Julodimorpha saundersii (saib qhov ntawv thiab tawm tswv yim hauv qab).
Dave nrog koj zoosiab thiab Darryl!
 Julodimorpha bakewelli sim copulate txheem lub raj muaj npias. Diam duab no tau D. Gwynne
By Chris Grinter, nyob cuaj hlis puv 19, 2011 [youtube kZyIN23Cy4Y 480 360]
Lub ntiaj teb kab me me yog ib tug ntawm peb li sib txawv heev thiab peb kuj yuav muab glimpses rau nws. Tsaug rau hauv tshuab impressive Phantom yees lawv thiab tus Davhlau ntxias yog ib qhov kev soj ntsuam ntawm muaj cia cov feeb (1hli!) Trichogramma nkawj (Chalcidoidea) nyob rau hauv lub davhlau. Cov kab no muaj qe cab ntawm Lepidoptera (txawj lwm pawg undoubtedly) thiab yuav siv raws li cov kab mob zoo biocontrol. Thaum koj yuav pom tau nyob rau hauv cov kev yees duab nws no tau ntev to taub tias cov nkawj thov caij tsheb rog nyob laus Lepidoptera tos cov qe, tab sis nws tsis paub tias cas lawv muaj tau thiab yog hais tias lawv tau twb ya mus rau cov neeg laus ib hom tsiaj. Stunningly, cov nkawj no flaps nws tis ntawm ~ 350 zaug ib ob after tej astounding feats ntawm no. Lub biomechanics ntawm no koojtis mechanism yuav tsum yog fascinating.
Scroll tsav kom 1:07 thiab saib tus sis ntawm cov nkawj ob – qhov ib uas flips tawm mus rau sab laug ntawm qhov screen txav tej bizarre ua tib zoo ib yam li CGI phem. Kuv meej vam tias lawv sau ntau hom feeb ya kab!
By Chris Grinter, nyob cuaj hlis puv 19, 2011  Trosia nigrorufa (Megalopygidae)
No hnub Monday npauj ntawv yog ib tug poj niam stunning ntawm lub Neotropical Megalopygidae – Trosia nigrorufa. Ed Ross thiab Ev Schlinger ntim no mus nyob rau Peru hauv 1955, thiab kuv twb hnov ntau yam dab neeg hais txog txoj kev expeditions epic. Kuv tsis tshua xav txog tej yam travelling ntawm cargo nkoj, ncaim rau los yog ntau lub hlis nyob rau ib lub sij hawm thiab relying cov saibxyuas txog tes sau correspondance. Nws yuav tsum tau ua lub ntiaj teb zoo xws li ib tug loj npaum li cas chaw tshaj rau nws yog hnub no.
By Chris Grinter, nyob cuaj hlis 13th, 2011 Qhov no nws yog ib tug pretty epic xeem. Kuv twv cov “cov neeg laus” publishing raws li kev cai no nruj heev tsis nrog “tseeb”.
Tsaug rau Cai Richard Lee xim av rau thawj ntaus tej ncauj lus no rau hauv Facebook.
By Chris Grinter, nyob cuaj hlis 12th, 2011 Oops, Kuv raug hla lawm hnub monday npauj, yog li cov ntawm no yog ob tug! Cov no yog ib co stunners ntawm lub tsheb Philippines ntoj ke mus kawm thiab kuv xav tias kuv muaj figured paub lawv cov npe. Yog hais tias koj paub zoo, thov koj kho kuv.
 Parasa darma (Limacodidae)
 Parotis marginata (Crambidae)
By Chris Grinter, nyob cuaj hlis 4, 2011  Plebejus samuelis
Peb yeej pom hnub no los, tus sawv ntawm tus butterflies, ib hnub lawv yuav coj ua pauj rau peb. Tsis ntev yuav lawv passively ya ncig lawv yeej raws li lawv cov bulldozed rau malls thiab nro nrog runoff. Ib chim heev Karner xiav tau xa ib tsab ntawv mus rau cov dos lus ceeb peb toom hais tias peb lub sij hawm ntawd txog li. Me endangered Lycaenidae yuav koom tes thiab tuaj tom qab peb ib txhia hmo nyob ntsiag to thaum peb nyob nraum pw tsaug zog nyob hauv peb beds. Peb nyob rau lub Lepidopterists’ Haiv neeg tau haus li ntawd twb muab lawv daim ntawv teev kev tsis yuav pab. Ua ke peb yuav tsum tau ua ua ntej nws yuav lig – peb preemptively thos ua ntej tus ntxiv ntawm cov kev nyuaj siab vim. Txuag koj tsev neeg! Hlawv cov styrofoam kom, meem rau prairies, tsav koj lub tsheb off-road thiab nqa ib muag zaub yuav tiv thaiv tsis tau cov fluttering fanatics!
(los yog peb yuav cia li tseg cia…)
By Chris Grinter, August 31st rau, 2011 Lawm tham continuing dhau ob peb xyoos dhau vim li cas thiaj li ob peb cov poj niam nyob hauv tej kev kawm. Txawm kuv tsis yuav ntsaub rau ntawd npe ntawm no, koj yuav nrhiav tau cov kev sib tham zoo kawg thiab ntawm no, ntawm no, ntawm no thiab ntawm no. Kuv tsis tab sis xav tias leej twg argues txog vim li cas cov poj niam uas tsis ntaus science ua tus xub place, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog thaum twg koj pom tej yam zoo li no. Txoj kev mus sau tus ntsuj crushing stereotype txoj cai nyob rau hauv koj cov ntxhais ntawd lub tsho, JCPenny.
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