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 . . . → Đọc thêm: Phân loại thất bại
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I’ve just illustrated my method for spreading microlepidoptera, go explore the techniques page. Who is courageous enough to attempt it?
Chia sẻ! 4 bình luận - (Comments are closed)  Côn trùng  Thu thập, Côn trùng, Lepidoptera, bướm đêm, Kỹ thuật 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… do đó chơ. 2009 was a great season. I . . . → Đọc thêm: How I keep myself busy Chia sẻ!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… Chia sẻ!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. Hy vọng, I will come across these every once in a while, và . . . → Đọc thêm: Vox Populi, volume I Chia sẻ! 8 bình luận - (Comments are closed) Côn trùng Côn trùng, FAQ, Hazards of the Job, Hài hước, 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 . . . → Đọc thêm: Bướm của tuần Chia sẻ!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!?” Tự nhiên, I waited for the insects special to air before I blogged about this, but having to listen to Oprah for the . . . → Đọc thêm: Get a Life, Discovery Chia sẻ! 4 bình luận - (Comments are closed) Côn trùng, Người không tin Côn trùng, Phương tiện truyền thông, Oprah, Người không tin 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 . . . → Đọc thêm: Moth tasting in Napa Chia sẻ!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? Chia sẻ! 4 bình luận - (Comments are closed) Côn trùng Bad Khoa học, Cuộc thi, Côn trùng, Lepidoptera, Phương tiện truyền thông 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 . . . → Đọc thêm: I may drive too much Chia sẻ! 5 bình luận - (Comments are closed) Côn trùng Thu thập, Côn trùng, Nguy hiểm của Thu, Lepidoptera, bướm đêm, Những loài mới |
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