اصول صنف بندی ناکام

Recently came across some ridiculously horrible taxonomy from China (.پی ڈی ایف). 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 . . . → مزید پڑھیں: اصول صنف بندی ناکام

New Technique Page!

I’ve just illustrated my method for spreading microlepidoptera, go explore the techniques page. Who is courageous enough to attempt it?

How I keep myself busy

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… تو دیکھتے رہنا.

2009 was a great season. میں . . . → مزید پڑھیں: How I keep myself busy

Genius of the Press V

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

VOX Populi, volume I

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, اور . . . → مزید پڑھیں: VOX Populi, volume I

Butterfly of the week

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 . . . → مزید پڑھیں: Butterfly of the week

Get a Life, Discovery

I sat rapt in front of my TV on Sunday watching the latest installment of the BBC/Discovery seriesLife”. The first thing that comes to my mind… “WHY was Oprah chosen to narrate!?” قدرتی طور پر, I waited for the insects special to air before I blogged about this, but having to listen to Oprah for the . . . → مزید پڑھیں: Get a Life, Discovery

Moth tasting in Napa

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 . . . → مزید پڑھیں: Moth tasting in Napa

پریس کے گنوتی, میں. چہارم

پریس کی گنوتی کی ایک اور قسط, ایک سافٹبال کے اور شاید تھوڑا سا. (Yikes ان کو تلاش کرنے کے لئے آسان ہیں) جو اس مضمون کے ساتھ کیا غلط مجھے بتا سکتے ہیں?

میں بہت زیادہ گاڑی چلا سکتا ہوں۔

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 . . . → مزید پڑھیں: میں بہت زیادہ گاڑی چلا سکتا ہوں۔