Recently came across some ridiculously horrible taxonomy from China (.pdf). If you scroll down a bit you can see the english translation. At first glance this looks like a standard taxonomy paper with bare-bones species descriptions. You might even think to yourself, “huh, wonder why they are describing species from only one specimen”. Not the . . . → Loe edasi: Taksonoomia Fail
 4 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud)  Entomoloogia  Liblikad, Crank, Entomoloogia, Lepidoptera, Uued liigid I’ve just illustrated my method for spreading microlepidoptera, go explore the techniques page. Who is courageous enough to attempt it?
Jagage seda! 4 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Kollektsioneerimine, Entomoloogia, Lepidoptera, Koid, tehnika I’ve been busy spreading microleps over the last few days, and here is a small selection from my summer collecting trips. Still have at least another 200 to go before catching up on my backlog. I am working on illustrating just how to spread these moths… nii stay tuned. 2009 was a great season. I . . . → Loe edasi: How I keep myself busy Jagage seda! 3 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Kollektsioneerimine, Entomoloogia, Lepidoptera, Koid So what is wrong with this illustration below? Sounds like a great show at the Krohn Conservatory in Cincinnati. This news story made me look just a little closer… Jagage seda!I’ve come across a few e-mail transcripts of questions sent into our entomology department and I can not resist sharing them. I promise these messages are (and will be) 100% real and unedited. Names have been changed or removed to protect the innocent. Hopefully, I will come across these every once in a while, ja . . . → Loe edasi: Rahva hääl, köide I Jagage seda! 8 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Entomoloogia, KKK, Hazards of the Job, Huumor, Letters I’ve been a bit remiss at posting regular challenges, so I’ll try to pick up the pace. Who can tell me anything about this butterfly? The most you’re getting is that it is from the Western half of the US. Credit for family, genus or species and ridiculous credit for subspecies and where it is . . . → Loe edasi: Nädala liblikas Jagage seda! 5 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Liblikad, Võistlus, Entomoloogia, Lepidoptera I sat rapt in front of my TV on Sunday watching the latest installment of the BBC/Discovery series “Life”. The first thing that comes to my mind… “WHY was Oprah chosen to narrate!?” Loomulikult, I waited for the insects special to air before I blogged about this, but having to listen to Oprah for the . . . → Loe edasi: Get a Life, Discovery Jagage seda! 4 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia, Skeptitsism Entomoloogia, Andmekandja, Oprah, Skeptitsism It was a beautiful day today in the bay area, so I headed up to Napa and the Pope Valley. I was scouting some new territory for a small flower moth, Speedy Heliolonche, that apparently is waiting for more contiguous nice weather to emerge. This season has been a bit tardy because of all of . . . → Loe edasi: Moth tasting in Napa Jagage seda! 11 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Kollektsioneerimine, Entomoloogia, Lepidoptera, Koid Another installment of Genius of the Press, and perhaps a bit of a softball. (Yikes these are easy to find) Who can tell me whats wrong with this article? Jagage seda! 4 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Bad Teadus, Võistlus, Entomoloogia, Lepidoptera, Andmekandja The clouds broke this afternoon in San Francisco and the sun began to shine. The upcoming warm weather induced an all too familiar feeling, one that I should be out collecting insects and not sitting indoors! While I have already been to a handful of places this spring, I have a long season of collecting . . . → Loe edasi: I may drive too much Jagage seda! 5 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Kollektsioneerimine, Entomoloogia, Ohtude kogumise, Lepidoptera, Koid, Uued liigid |
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