The 2011 Ig Nobel ceremony took place yesterday at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre. The award is sponsored by Improbable Research, an organization that gathers fascinating, odd, and outright hilarious research papers that triumph the idea that not all science is boring. Among this year’s distinguished recipients was fellow entomologist and blogger David Rentz, who received the . . . → Loe edasi: Seksikas, Seksikad õllepudelid
 4 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud)  Entomoloogia  Austraalia, Õlu, Mardikad, Käitumine, Coleoptera, Entomoloogia, Huumor [youtube kZyIN23Cy4Y 480 360] The microscopic insect world is a very different one from ours and we rarely are given glimpses into it. Thanks in part to the impressive Phantom camera system and the Flight Artists project researchers have filmed the minute (1mm!) Trichogramma wasp (Chalcidoidea) in flight. These insects are . . . → Loe edasi: The Soaring Microcosmos Jagage seda! Kommentaarid on suletud Entomoloogia Käitumine, Biomechanics, Entomoloogia, Flight, Hümenoptera, Lepidoptera, Parasite
Selle nädala ööliblikas on video tantsivast mikrost Filipiinidelt (võttis Warren Laurde). Nagu võite kahtlustada, on see paaritusekraan, mis lõpeb üsna suurejoonelise peasseisuga. On palju teisi mikrolepse, mis tantsivad või näitavad end välja, kuid võrgus pole peaaegu ühtegi teist videot . . . → Loe edasi: Esmaspäev Moth Jagage seda! 3 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Käitumine, Entomoloogia, Lepidoptera, Paaritumine, Microlepidoptera, Koid, Filipiinid This moth is just about as rare as its paranormal namesake (except that it’s real) – it’s a Gazoryctra sp. in the family Hepialidae. They represent a basal lineage of the Lepidoptera and are commonly known as ghost moths or swift moths. Ghost – because males of some species are known to fly in . . . → Loe edasi: Kummituse bioloogia Jagage seda! 6 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Käitumine, Entomoloogia, Lepidoptera, Koid, Uued liigid |
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