The 2011 Ig Nobel Ceremonija je održana jučer u Harvardu Sanders kazalište. Nagradu sponzorira nevjerojatnog istraživanja, organizacija koja okuplja fascinantno, neparan, i iskreno smiješan istraživački radovi koji trijumf ideja da nisu svi znanost je dosadno. Među ovogodišnjim uglednih primatelja bio čovjek entomolog i bloger David Rentz, koji su primili . . . → Opširnije: Seksi, Seksi pivskih boca
 4 Komentari - (Komentari su zatvoreni)  Entomologija  Australija, Pivo, Buba, Ponašanje, Coleoptera, Entomologija, 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) . . . → Opširnije: Net-Krilati Beetle Podijelite ovu! 2 Komentari - (Komentari su zatvoreni) Entomologija Arizona, Buba, Coleoptera, Entomologija, Fotografija 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 . . . → Opširnije: Uzmi to, kralježnjaci! Podijelite ovu!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 . . . → Opširnije: Blue Oak Ranch Reserve Podijelite ovu! Komentari su zatvoreni Entomologija Buba, Berkeley, Entomologija, Moljci, Fotografija, Pauci, University of California u redu – a few apologies for not having full images *yet* of the larvae in question (I will in a few days!). Over the weekend I was out with a group of Berkeley students on Mount Hamilton and PhD candidate Meghan Culpepper collected a few species of Scaphinotus and a some larvae! So the specimen . . . → Opširnije: Mystery Revelaed Podijelite ovu! Jedan komentar - (Komentari su zatvoreni) Entomologija Buba, Coleoptera, Borba, Entomologija, Scaphinotus, Snail, Vrsta Ja posrnuo na (Nije na Stumbleuponu) these colored SEM images on the Telegraph webpage today. Posebno volim ovu sliku Calliphoridae larva (Protophormia sp.) koji čini više od jednog C-ocijenjeno SF film od prirode. It reminds me of both a freakish Star Wars character and a Muppet at the same . . . → Opširnije: Plebejus acmon Podijelite ovu!Zato bih bio podvrgnut to. Razgovarajte o okrutnosti prema životinjama! u redu, Samo se šalim, ali ova priča je malo smiješno. U članku se navodi da su znanstvenici koristili glas Limbaugh, jer je to bilo “dostupne”, Ne zato što su ga mrzili. Pa to ispada da ne bi bilo istinito, oni su izabrali Rush . . . → Opširnije: Srećom, Nisam buba Podijelite ovu! |
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