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 . . . → Preberite več: Sexy, Sexy Beer Bottles
 4 Komentarji - (Komentarji so zaprti)  Entomologija  Avstralija, Pivo, Hrošči, Vedenje, Coleoptera, Entomologija, 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 . . . → Preberite več: The Soaring Microcosmos Skupna raba tega! Komentarji so zaprti Entomologija Vedenje, Biomechanics, Entomologija, Flight, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Parasite
Molj tega tedna je videoposnetek plešočega mikro s Filipinov (posnel Warren Laurde). Kot morda sumite, je to prikaz parjenja, ki se konča s precej spektakularnim stojalom na glavi. Obstaja veliko drugih mikrolepov, ki plešejo ali se prikazujejo, ampak drugih videov na spletu skoraj ni . . . → Preberite več: Ponedeljek Moth Skupna raba tega! 3 Komentarji - (Komentarji so zaprti) Entomologija Vedenje, Entomologija, Lepidoptera, Parjenje, Microlepidoptera, Molji, Filipini 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 . . . → Preberite več: Biology of a Ghost Skupna raba tega! 6 Komentarji - (Komentarji so zaprti) Entomologija Vedenje, Entomologija, Lepidoptera, Molji, Nove vrste |
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