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 . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Taxonomia Fail
 4 iruzkinak - (Iruzkinak itxita daude)  Entomología  Tximeletak, Crank, Entomología, Lepidoptera, Espezie berria Mikrolepidopteroak zabaltzeko nire metodoa ilustratu berri dut, joan tekniken orria arakatu. Who is courageous enough to attempt it?
Share honetan! 4 iruzkinak - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología Biltzen, Entomología, Lepidoptera, Sitsak, Teknikak 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… beraz, egonaldia sintonizatuta. 2009 was a great season. I . . . → Gehiago irakurri: How I keep myself busy Share honetan!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… Share honetan!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, eta . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Vox Populi, volume I Share honetan! 8 iruzkinak - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología Entomología, FAQ, Hazards of the Job, Gazteaukera, 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 . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Butterfly of the week Share honetan!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!?” Naturalean, I waited for the insects special to air before I blogged about this, but having to listen to Oprah for the . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Get a Life, Discovery Share honetan! 4 iruzkinak - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología, eszeptizismoa Entomología, Komunikabideak, Oprah, eszeptizismoa 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, Heliolonche celeris, that apparently is waiting for more contiguous nice weather to emerge. This season has been a bit tardy because of all of . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Sitsaren dastaketa Napan Share honetan!Genius of the Press-en beste atal bat, eta beharbada softball pixka bat. (Bai, hauek erraz aurki daitezke) Who can tell me whats wrong with this article? Share honetan! 4 iruzkinak - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología Bad Science, Lehiaketa, Entomología, Lepidoptera, Komunikabideak 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 . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Gehiegi gidatu dezaket Share honetan! 5 iruzkinak - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología Biltzen, Entomología, Bilketa-arriskuak, Lepidoptera, Sitsak, Espezie berria |
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