The 2011 Ig Nobel ceremony took place yesterday at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre. Cena je sponzorována společností Improbable Research, organizace, která shromažďuje fascinující, lichý, a úplně legrační výzkumných prací, které triumf myšlenka, že ne všechny věda je nuda. Among this year’s distinguished recipients was fellow entomologist and blogger David Rentz, who received the . . . → Přečtěte si více: Sexy, Sexy Pivní lahve
 4 komentáře - (Diskuze je uzavřena)  Entomologie  Austrálie, Pivo, Brouci, Chování, Coleoptera, Entomologie, Humor These large and interesting Lycidae beetles (Lycus fernandezi) were abundant in south eastern Arizona a few weeks ago. Constantly flying between flowers and moist sand they were making for easy photography targets. I thought to myself “here is a great opportunity to catch a beetle taking off!”. Wait for it… Lycus fernandezi (Lycidae) . . . → Přečtěte si více: Sítokřídlý brouk Sdílet tento! 2 komentáře - (Diskuze je uzavřena) Entomologie Arizona, Brouci, Coleoptera, Entomologie, Fotografování I’ve known for a while that beetles and other inverts occasionally have vertebrates on their menu, but I didn’t really know how large of an animal they could subdue! Even when the odd mantis grabs a hummingbird the size difference is not as substantial as is shown below. This impressive video was . . . → Přečtěte si více: Take that, vertebrates! Sdílet tento!A few weeks ago I was invited to join a Berkeley entomology class out in the field for the weekend. Our destination was the Blue Oak Ranch Reserve; one of the newest reserves to the University of California system located just outside of San Jose on Mount Hamilton (map below). It was a . . . → Přečtěte si více: Rezervace Blue Oak Ranch Sdílet tento! Diskuze je uzavřena Entomologie Brouci, Berkeley, Entomologie, Můry, Fotografování, Pavouci, University of California OK – několik omluv, že *zatím* nemáme plné obrázky dotyčných larev (Budu za pár dní!). O víkendu jsem byl se skupinou studentů z Berkeley na Mount Hamilton a doktorandka Meghan Culpepper nasbírala několik druhů Scaphinotus a několik larev.! So the specimen . . . → Přečtěte si více: Záhada odhalena Sdílet tento! Jeden komentář - (Diskuze je uzavřena) Entomologie Brouci, Coleoptera, Soutěž, Entomologie, Scaphinotus, Hlemýžď, Druh Narazil jsem na (ne na StumbleUpon) these colored SEM images on the Telegraph webpage today. Jsem především rád tento obraz Calliphoridae larva (Protophormia sp.) který se zdá více z C-hodnocené sci-fi filmu, než příroda. It reminds me of both a freakish Star Wars character and a Muppet at the same . . . → Přečtěte si více: Muppet Monsters Sdílet tento!Because I would have been subjected to this. Talk about animal cruelty! OK, just kidding, but this story is a bit ridiculous. The article states that the scientists had used the voice of Limbaugh because it was “readily available”, not because they hated him. Well that turns out not to be true, they chose Rush . . . → Přečtěte si více: Naštěstí, I’m not a beetle Sdílet tento! |
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