Het 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 . . . → Lees meer: Sexy, Sexy bierflesjes
 4 commentaar - (Reacties zijn gesloten)  Entomologie  Australië, Bier, Kevers, Gedrag, Coleoptera, Entomologie, Humor [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 . . . → Lees meer: The Soaring Microcosmos Deel dit! Reacties zijn gesloten Entomologie Gedrag, Biomechanics, Entomologie, Flight, Wespen en mieren, Lepidoptera, Parasite
This week’s moth is a video of a dancing micro from the Philippines (taken by Warren Laurde). As you might suspect this is a mating display that ends in a pretty spectacular headstand. There are lots of other microleps that have dancing or display behavior, but there are almost no other videos online . . . → Lees meer: Maandag Moth Deel dit! 3 commentaar - (Reacties zijn gesloten) Entomologie Gedrag, Entomologie, Lepidoptera, Paring, microlepidoptera, Motten, Filippijnen 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 . . . → Lees meer: Biologie van een geest Deel dit! 6 commentaar - (Reacties zijn gesloten) Entomologie Gedrag, Entomologie, Lepidoptera, Motten, Nieuwe soorten |
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