טאקסאנאמיע פייל

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 . . . → לייענען מער: טאקסאנאמיע פייל

ניו טעקניק Page!

איך ווע נאָר ילאַסטרייטאַד מיין אופֿן פֿאַר פארשפרייטן מיקראָלעפּידאָפּטעראַ, גיין ויספאָרשן די טעקניקס בלאַט. 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… אַזוי בלייַבן טונד.

2009 was a great season. איך . . . → לייענען מער: 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, און . . . → לייענען מער: 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 . . . → לייענען מער: Butterfly of the week

באַקומען אַ לעבן, אנטדעקונג

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!?” געוויינטלעך, I waited for the insects special to air before I blogged about this, but having to listen to Oprah for the . . . → לייענען מער: באַקומען אַ לעבן, אנטדעקונג

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, געשווינד העליאָלאָנטשע, that apparently is waiting for more contiguous nice weather to emerge. This season has been a bit tardy because of all of . . . → לייענען מער: Moth tasting in Napa

זשעני פון די דרוק, אין. יוו

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?

איך קען פירן צו פיל

די וואלקנס געבראכן דעם נאָכמיטאָג אין סאַן פֿראַנסיסקאָ און די זון אנגעהויבן צו שייַנען. די אַפּקאַמינג וואַרעם וועטער ינדוסט אַ אַלע אויך באַקאַנט געפיל, איינער אַז איך זאָל ווערן אויס קאַלעקטינג ינסעקץ און נישט זיצן ינעווייניק! בשעת איך האָבן שוין געווען צו אַ האַנדפול פון ערטער דעם פרילינג, I have a long season of collecting . . . → לייענען מער: איך קען פירן צו פיל