By Chris Grinter, nyob rau lub plaub hlis puv 19, 2011
 Tau qhov twg los: Wikipedia Nws puv cai Richard Branson tau ib lub tswv yim tshiab; txuag lub ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) los ntawm importing tau los nws kheej British nkauj xwb Island. Raws li tsab xov xwm ntsiab lus tawm Branson siv lab tus phaus thiab siv zog tig cov kob rau lub xyoo “tias koj tus phooj ywg ecologically tshaj plaws nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb”. Tiam sis nws zoo nkaus li Mr Branson xam pom forgo kev kawm kev txuag thiab sau dua tshiab ntxiv PR tus phooj ywg ua tib. Nyob tuaj lub lemurs tus cautions ntawm nws tus kheej kev soj ntsuam Conference dua li vim nws xav “…los ua ib kob thib ob tej vaj tse thiab cov puag hauv Moskito muaj zoo meej.” Kab tias Branson muaj ib bizarro ntiaj teb phau ntawv txhais lus lub ntsiab txhais cov lus tag nrho nyob qhov twg “tej yam txawv tag los tseem cia nrog”.
Tau meej, thaum xub thawj lub suab lus lub tswv yim nyiam ib tug mos – tus lemurs yog lawv, vim li cas ho tsis txhob muab lawv lub qhov taub qus thib ob? Qhov tshij, Dr James Lazell ntawm lub koom haum kev txuag tau 31 xyoo muaj nyob rau hauv cov nkauj xwb Islands tuaj thiab muaj taw tes qhia kom paub uas “Lemurs no agile, dexterous, pheev kom tau, omnivorous tsiaj uas ua tau ib tug nyhuv dejnum ntawm cov kob yooj yim ecologies. Lawv noj kiag li txhua yam-lizards, txiv mab txiv ntoo, cov hauv paus hniav, kab, noog’ qe.” Huag, tiam sis tsis txhob poob siab, tsis muaj dab tsi phem yuav tshwm sim thaum koj nste liab los ib kob (tswvcuab liab devastate Florida qhov tseem ceeb). Branson paub tias cov miv lub lemurs ib tug yuav xwb “nqa lub khib gecko” (ib yam li cov tsis tshua muaj teb ntsias-gecko Sphaerodactylus parthenopion), los pav lawv tej zaum yuav tsis kis tau rau lwm Islands tuaj txij thaum lawv tsis “ntxub da dej” (ntiv nplhaib tailed lemur ua luam dej).
Yog vim licas thiaj li ces cov ring-tailed? Tsis vim nws yog tus tshaj endangered (muaj cov ntau ntau kev sib endangered ntau lemurs), tab sis vim nws yog tus tshaj iconic. Ntawd yog dab tsi tiag drives kuv tuaj txog no lub tswv yim ruam phab ntsa. Tsis tsuas yog nws naively plaug ib hom tejzaum nws tus hauv lub vaj tse rhiab kob – tab sis vim nws yog kis lus cuav ntawm kev txuag. Zoo li ib tug me nyuam qeeb Branson muaj rushed rau cov ring-tailed kom nws tseg thaum yuav nco qab kev txuag tas nrho lub tswv yim. Tus ring-tailed yog ib hom kab flagship, ib daig draws kom cov devastation uas yog tshwm sim hauv Madagascar. Ib tug ntxim hlub cuddly tsiaj los sawv cev rau lub staggeringly nws thiab miv yeej uas teb koj qhov chaw. Tab sis tsis yog cai Richard Branson tau txhua yam uas hais txog nws. Vim li cas tiv thaiv Madagascar thab thaum twg koj muaj swoop rau kom tsim tau ib lub tsev rau ib primate sawv daws hlub? Phew, ntsoog averted. Cai Richard fiddles thaum Madagascar burns.
Kuv xav no vaj tsiaj freakish kob yog ib tsab masquerading ua kev txuag thiab ua kom muaj siab tiag qab nws yog coj mus muag. Ob peb xyoo tom ntej no yuav muaj ib tug handful ntawm “khoom kim heev, pa roj carbon-nruab nrab ob lub tsev ua rau cov kob”. Ib txwm zoo nkauj ci ntsa iab rau incentivize tus purchase ntawm ob lub tsev undoubtedly uas yuav raug nqi kaum tawm lab tus nyiaj txhua – thiab koj hom yuav mus xav txog kev tiv thaiv lub ntiaj teb no txawm koj ua zoo. Tom qab tag nrho cov nkauj xwb Islands tuaj tsis muaj lwm cov tsiaj qus charismatic; meej xwm yog ib txoj hauj lwm phem heev uas tsim muaj billionaires wonderland. Li cas los txog ze cov kob?
Tej zaum… tej zaum yog vim… Branson muaj Dr. Mus rau npe Moreau.
By Chris Grinter, nyob rau lub plaub hlis paub, 2011 Ob peb lub lis piam dhau los kuv tau caw tuaj koom Berkeley entomology hoob kawm tawm hauv lub teb rau tus lis xaus. Yog peb lo lus uas peb cov Xiav ntoo qhib Ranch zeem cia; yog ib qhov newest Guard rau qhov lawv nyob lwm San Jose rau Mount Hamilton University of California (daim ntawv qhia nram qab no). Nws yog ib tug kab laug sab ob leeg thiab hoob kawm lub dawm kab, hosted by Charles Griswold thiab Dave Kavanaugh feem. Thiab txawm muaj te rau hnub vas xaum yav hmo ntuj peb tswj kom nrhiav tau ib co kab nthuav. Koj twb pom kuv cov dluab ntawm lub Scaphinotus (Carabidae), tab sis, ntawm no yog ib pawg ntawm cov dluab ntawm ob yam kuv tus kheej thiab colleague thiab blogger koj txog haujlwm loj Tamas Szuts.
 Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae?  Pholcidae : yuav Pholcus sp.  Salticidae: Phidippus sp. Mus nyeem xiav Oak Ranch cia
By Chris Grinter, nyob tim lub, 2011 ua li – ob peb apologies tsis coj cov dluab * tau * muaj rau kab nug txog (Kuv yuav nyob ob peb hnub!). Lub asthiv kuv twb tawm nrog ib pawg Berkeley kawm rau Mount Hamilton thiab tus neeg sib tw PhD Meghan Culpepper sau ob peb hom kev Scaphinotus thiab muaj ib co menyuam kab! Li ntawd, cov mus los rau hnub Monday yog xwb tus menyuam kab ntawm ib kab feasting hauv lub plhaub ntawm ib haiv neeg terrestrial qwj Scaphinotus. Sib tw no yog ib tug zog vim cov cov menyuam kab Scaphinotus predatory no tsis tshua ces yuav tsum thiab muaj pes tsawg dluab ntawm nws txoj sia? – thiab tsis noj. Koob hmoov zoo dua lwm zaus!
Tamsim no, ntawm no yog ib cov hom kab Scaphinotus undetermined. Nyob rau lub lim tiam tom ntej kuv yuav tau 4-5 hom yees duab thiab nrhiav tau (yog Meghan) – thiab cov menyuam kab yuav tau raug mus raws seem rau hom ID. Nyob tuned.
By Chris Grinter, nyob rau hnub tim 4, 2011 
Tuaj hla no yawg txawm tawm hauv lub teb lub hnub, cas yuav ntawm no? Cov ntsiab lus muab rau txim/tsev neeg/Genus – tab sis tej hauj lwm hauv no yuav pab tsis tau xyuas seb hom kab kuj tau.
(txhua tus neeg hauv lub teb nrog kuv yuav tsum tuav tau lawv cov lus txog ntawm txoj kev fwv yees tuaj rau hauv!)
By Chris Grinter, hnub tim 30, 2011  Lasia klettii: Cov duab los ntawm April Nobile, TSHEB
Rau qhov cov tshuab yoov yog tsis muaj kab mob kuv pog overly txog. Txawm li cas los, enigmatic tsev neeg Acroceridae yog lub kos. Kuv mam li pib txij ua ke mus ua ke koom ib co nthuav genera – morphology cov tsev neeg yog miv amazingly. Feem ntau ntawm cov hnub kuv yuav siv rau lub tsev khaws puav pheej inventorying peb noog txog loj heev lawm 16,000 Acorcerids (aka choj taws yoov). Uas tej zaum yuav tsis sound tag thiab impressive thaum koj piv rau lwm cov tsev neeg ntau ntau (thiab nws daj zoo thiab lub dhau 17,500,000 lwm yam nrws peb muaj nyob rau hauv cov tsev khaws puav pheej); tab sis nws puv los sawv cev ntau, Yog hais tias tsis muaj cov, ntawm tag nrho paub tias lub nrws rau tag nrho tsev neeg. Txawm tias yuav loj assemblages cov yoov rau cov hauj lwm, lub xeev California Academy of Sciences yooj yim thov tau cov ntaub ntawv ever vim tau tus sau rau Dr. Evert kuv. Schlinger (Leej puav tuaj cuag hauj lwm los ntawm cov tsev khaws puav pheej).
Acrocerids sib sau ua ib pawg theej yooj yim kawm vim tsawg npaum li cas yog nyob qhov, lawv ib parasitoid, tsis yooj yim npaum li cas lawv tsis tau txais rau tis. Lawv tus loj hauv sab qab plab no packed nrog nqaij uas rocket tus yoov ya nrog cua – li ntawd, yog hais tias koj tsis ntes nws thaum lub paj koj nyob nraum tshuav kublug ntxiab Malaise. Ev puas tau qhia rau kuv ib zaj dabneeg kev kawm rau cov nyob hauv Costa Rica tis. Koj sawv downwind ntawm tus colleague hauv lub tshav pob – Thaum ib tug neeg hnov tej yam zauv ib cheebtsam yav tas los, koj viav vias wildly hoping rau lub snare yoov… nws ua hauj lwm txhua txhua ib zaug hauv ib pliag. Cov yoov no kuj yog cov tsuas paub endoparasites laus kab laug sab. (tej zaum mas muaj ib cov ntaub ntawv ntawm ib lub Tachinid…). Cov genus hais los saum toj, NeoLasia, yog ib tug kab mob no ntawm Theraphosid tarantulas (ib yam dab tsi zoo li Aphonopelma). Ua ib tug menyuam kab yoov, txoj kev tuaj tus ceg ntawm ib kab laug sab thiab ua burrows hauv lub plab mog tuaj qhov twg nws mam li yuav ya mus nyob rau ib sab ntawm cov phau ntawv lub ntsws thiab pokes me ntsis pa zoo li tus d.. Ces nws waits ntuj ntev rau tus kab laug sab los ze maturity. Nrog poj niam tarantulas, cov yoov no yuav yog dormant xyoo lawm. Nws thiaj li akin to cov yeeb yam Aliens tej yam tshwm sim thiab tus menyuam kab yuav tus kab laug sab nyhuv ces emerges los pupate. Tiam sis koj khom lub tsheb tawm losis tsis ib kab laug sab muaj tus kab mob cab no yeej ua tsis tau ib tug dissection – loj li collections kab laug sab. nyob yuav tsum raug tswj tseg kom tau cov ntaub ntawv ntawd. Parasitoid ib txias li ntawd xwb, yog.
Tus mus saum toj no (Lasia klettii tus tshiab, unnamed, hom) yog sau rau hauv 1977 ntawm Schlinger nyob ze lub nroog Alamos, Mexico – rau paj nrog mimic tus qauv yuav, ib cov kab Chrysomelidae (kab neeg, tej tswv yim tshaj tsev neeg?).
By Chris Grinter, March 24th rau, 2011 Zoo ceev faj txog koj nrhiav dabtsi hauv lub countryside.. Liaj teb yuav ua chaw nyaum, tshwj xeeb yog hais tias koj tus kws yees duab. Lus tsim nyob Florida, ntu ib tsab “liaj teb”, sim ua photography los yog drawings rau, rau los yog ntawm daim teb tsis tau qhia tau meej heev tso cai sau thawj kawm ntawv loj (mus txog 30 xyoo nyob rau hauv tsev rau txim). Dab tsi yuav tejzaum nws yog tus kuj rau no tsim? Journalist Barry Doyle pheej yuav qhia tau qhov zoo Senator yog nruj nreem rau cov twb muaj Agribusiness – nrhiav kom paub cov tswv teb txom nyem uas targeted yog tsiaj cai kuj tseem tuaj losis pawg – Human rights pawg! Kuv yuav mus concur, cov tsim no yog ib daim qias neeg kev noj nyiaj txiag. Nws tau zoo nkauj heev:
(2) Ib tug neeg duab, cov ntaub ntawv video, otherwise ua dluab los yog cov ntaub ntawv pictorial, cov los otherwise, nyob los yog ib tug ua liaj ua teb los yog lwm yam cuab yeej uas haujlwm tseeb ua liaj/teb yog nyob nrhiav tsis tau daim ntawv tso cai ntawm tus tswv tsev, los yog tus sawv cev tso cai ntawm tus tswv tsev, cai loj ntawm cov neeg kawm ntawv thawj zaug…
Kuv xav kom kuv nyeem Florida los sau ntawv rau tej yam Senator Norman thiab hais koj tsis qias neeg hauv nws tsim.
14031 N. Dale Mabry Blvd.
Tampa, IBCE 33618
(813) 265-6260
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Kuv kuj xav kom sawv daws lwm zaws lwm tus neeg sau ntawv rau koj tus neeg sawv cev hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas thiab quaj qw hais tawm koj chim heev li no tau yuam cai ntawm cov thawj kev pauv txoj cai (tsuas muaj lus yuam cai rau cov caij no).
Thiab cia li kom zoo tshaj plaws, ntawm no yog ib daim duab phem cellphone kuv coj thaum nws nyob hauv Oregon muaj liaj teb ntau ntau.
By Chris Grinter, March 22nd rau, 2011 Feem ntau yog kuv tuaj nyob entomology phev heev cov khoom tsis tu ncua txaus uas kuv tuav tseg ib backlog rau yav tom ntej series. Qhov no tsis tau tau rooj plaub lawm ob peb lub asthiv dhau, Kuv tsis tau tuaj nyob lub cev array uas txaus ntshai tawm crud. Tej zaum kuv nyuam qhuav tau jaded thiab tsis saib zoo li – tab sis lub lim tiam no kuv twb tuaj nyob ib npauj hais txog kho lus los ntawm cov xov xwm Maui. Lawv yuam kev tas lawv, tab sis yuav tsum muaj deleted thawj tsab xov xwm…
Thiab rau lub lim tiam no kuv nrhiav tau cov tshooj no nrog rau cov duab hauv qab no. Yuav tsum yooj yim zoo nkauj hnov tus weirdness (lawv ua kawg hwj taw tes kom paub tias tus npauj yog tsis lub LBAM (lub teeb daj thiab kua npauj)).
By Chris Grinter, lub peb hlis ntuj paub hauv, 2011 
Kab tias qhov tsuas chaw nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb uas koj yuav nrhiav tau ib tug nyuj qus American (vs. twm) sawv nyob ze ib puam ib sab ntawm tus ntoo kuj yem. Lub lim tiam ntawm raug Catalina yog ib tug zoo, thiab ib tug laj dhia nrog ob peb unseasonable frosts despite, tej dlej muab tas. Ntawm no yog ib txhia dluab txaus luag thiab koj mam li paub tias ib yam tam sim ntawd: tsis muaj liaj teb ntawm wildflowers! Thaum nws puv, yuav luag xyoo ntawm tshis, tus npua thiab nyuj qus grazing lawm tshuav saibxyuas nyom thiab cactus ntawm cov kob. Rau ib kis muaj dua 1000 nyuj qus thiab countless herds ntawm tus tshis; Nws yog ib tug zem dab tsi dim txhua! Hnub no, muaj cov thankfully xwb ib ~ 200 nyuj qus txaj muag es uas yog daim txwv tsis pub (koj guessed, koj tsis tau tua damn yam vim hais tias cov neeg “hlub” lawv – ib yam li tus ruam eucalyptus koj tsis tau txiav). Nyob rau hauv 1924 choj hnov cov nyuj qus tuaj tua tus yeeb yam Cov American Vanishing. Lawm, peb tes num mus lawm nyiaj, tus scene hlais thiab cov tsiaj ntawd cia xoob tsis them rov qab rau hauv tsev. 80 xyoo tom qab thiab koj nyob nraum tseg nrog ib kob koj yeej tsuas tua los “hluav” thiab tsis. Fact tu siab yog tias peb muaj tsis muaj qhov clue li cas tias koj yuav ua tau los zoo ib yam li. Nws yog tej zaum tseem hypothesized tias tus twg kob hma liab (uas peb pom 6!) yog coj over by haiv neeg hauv paus txawm ob peb nplooj xyoo dhau los ntawm neighboring Islands tuaj. Kuv kwv yees tias yog peb tsuag rau mess peb zoo.
Raws li kuv cov saum no photographing, tsiaj nyaum no taug kev nram kuv. Nws tsis khiav, kuv yog!
By Chris Grinter, hnub tim 8, 2011 [cetsEmbedGmap src = http://maps.google.com/maps?dhau = 33.393039,-118.416824&spn = 0.359452, 0.715485&t = h&z = 11 dav = 600 qhov siab = 330 marginwidth = 0 marginheight = 0 frameborder = 0 scrolling = nws pib]
Tag kis sawv ntxov kuv tawm rau ib 10 hnub mus sau txawv tebchaws los mus Catalina Island. Kuv twb tau muaj hmoo ces yuav raug caw mus koom cov Dr. Jerry Powell hauv UC Berkeley rau ib daim ntawv ntsuam xyuas kev npauj, thiab qhov no yuav yog kuv thawj zaug rau tej yam Islands tuaj. Cov Channel Islands tuaj paub rau lawv theem endemism, thiab tsis nto moo ntau tshaj yog cov Hma liab Channel Island. Tseem muaj ib tug handful butterflies twg thiab uas kuv yuav tsum tau hoping nrhiav npaub, tab sis thaum tus heev tsawg kuv paub nws lub caij wildflower thiab kuv twb tau txais kuv cov koob yees duab luam.
Kuv yuav yuav tau me me los yog tsis muaj internet thaum uas nyob hauv cov kob, ces dai ntom ntawm ib lub limtiam. Tau kuv los tom ntej kuv yuav tau teem tseg posts los yog ib tug qhua sau! Thov nyob tuned qee kuv thawj dluab ntawm lub 2011 lub caij teb.
By Chris Grinter, hauv lub peb hlis ntuj hnub, 2011 
Thaj tej yam nyob hauv lub Mazda 6 kab roj yog kev hlub thiab inviting rau cov kab laug sab daj sac, txaus kom lawv muaj lub tsev webs nyob hauv lub qhov quav ntawm tus 4 kheej kheej tsheb (thiab tsis tus 6!). Cov teeb meem muaj tswv lawm ib “kab laug sab ntau heev” ntawm lub tsheb tuam txhab, thiab lub qhov quav daig kab ces yuav ua rau muaj ib lub tank tawg roj thiab tseem taws.
“Muaj tej hom kab laug sab tej zaum yuav cuam lub Web site hauv cov twj canister qhov quav kab thiab qhov no yuav ua rau muaj kev txwv ntawm cov kab”
Tsuas 20 kuj paub tseeb hais tias yog, tab sis, qhov teeb meem no yog muaj menyuam coob coob txaus kom nws muaj hmoov txhuas los tus txheejtxheem ntawm lawm 52,000 sedans! Kuv xav tias yog muaj lub caij lub tsheb loj tuam txhab uas muag ntiav entomology pheejyig npaum licas – thaum kawg no, Kuv retainer yuav raug heev tshaj tus nqi rau cov txheejtxheem ntawd…
Kuv nrog peb pab nyob rau hauv arachnologists no nyob nrog cov TSHEB, thiab cov duab saum toj no tshwm sim tau ib kab laug sab sac. Koj yuav tsis qhia tawm cov duab thiab, tab sis nws tsi muaj tej zaum tus egregious taxonomic tsis.
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