Appena uscito dalla scrivania di Nature News è un articolo che riflette su un mondo senza zanzare (o -dita dei piedi). Com'è questa notizia? Forse c'è qualche nuovo controllo vettoriale di cui tutti abbiamo bisogno di sentire parlare! Bene, dai un'occhiata all'articolo dell'ultima edizione di Nature intitolato “Un mondo senza zanzare“. I originally came . . . → Per saperne di più: Notizia inutile, questa volta dalla Natura
 4 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi)  Entomologia, Scetticismo  Entomologia, Salute, Malaria, Media, Zanzare, Scetticismo Ok, maybe not. But I did get a little jealous when I came across this article where I discovered a local San Francisco artist who is charging $60 a pop for “insect spreading classes”. I wonder how many really show up to the monthly class? This just in, Chris Grinter is offering an insect spreading . . . → Per saperne di più: Dovrei iniziare a caricare Condividi questo!Just about time for another volume of Genius of the Press. Who will be first to spot the error here? Concesso, the information section of the california flat rate moving website is not exactly a source of top notch journalism… Condividi questo!Here are a few more images from my recent northern road trip, this time from western Idaho. Right outside the town of New Meadows were fields of flowers thick with life. It was some of the best day collecting I’ve done in years, and fellow road tripper Peter Jump and I discovered this . . . → Per saperne di più: This time, with a moth Condividi questo!In eastern Lassen county, on the vast high juniper hills of the California-Nevada border, there are herds of “wild” horses, sheep and cattle. Par for the course, the only flowering plant around was horehound (Marrubium vulgare). Despite the non-native flora and (semi)mega-fauna, the insects were still at home. Being the only nectar source, the small . . . → Per saperne di più: The only bar in town Condividi questo!A few months ago I was out collecting in western Arizona and failed to follow through with any images or updates on that trip. Bene, it was a success and well worth the miles to get there! I was searching for a Crambid moth in the mountains of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge (special thanks . . . → Per saperne di più: Western Arizona Condividi questo!Over the next week and a half I’ll be driving up to Washington state for the annual Lepidopterists’ Society meeting. It is located in the tourist-trap town of Leavenworth, which is a “Bavarian themed” diorama of postcard and clog shops. While I can never quite understand the appeal of themed towns, it is something . . . → Per saperne di più: On the road again Condividi questo!And now for the even more infrequently reoccurring series, vox populi! For those without scarring high school memories of latin class (through no fault of my teacher) I’ll bring you up to speed – the title roughly translates to “voice of the people”. Here is another old e-mail that I’ve been saving. It is a . . . → Per saperne di più: La voce del popolo, Volume II Condividi questo!Benvenuti a volume otto della serie incoerente ripetersi, Genio della Stampa. I came across this article recently regarding an endemic Puerto Rican butterfly. Chi può dirmi esattamente perché questa relazione è fuorviante? Può essere un po 'più complicato rispetto allo standard GOP (Suggerisco scartando tutti gli acronimi in precedenza associati a tali lettere). . . . → Per saperne di più: Genio della Stampa VIII Condividi questo! 5 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi) Entomologia Farfalle, Conservazione, Concorso, Entomologia, Lepidotteri, Media
Welcome to The Moth and Me #12, and my first blog carnival. Despite blogging for a few months I have yet to take a look back and reflect on exactly how I became enamored with lepidoptera in the first place. Remembering a time or location where this happened is impossible, and like . . . → Per saperne di più: The Moth and Me #12 Condividi questo! 10 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi) Entomologia Carnival, Entomologia, Lepidotteri, falene, The Moth and Me |
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