Published in the Santa Barbara News Press, Vinter 2009. Who can tell me what’s wrong with these captions?
Page scan credit: Stuart Wilson.
Published in the Santa Barbara News Press, Vinter 2009. Who can tell me what’s wrong with these captions? Page scan credit: Stuart Wilson. Not the typical butterfly – but this is the protein folding structure from a South American hemorrhagic fever – the Machupo virus. The article was found on Science Daily. A striking resemblance to a butterfly, maybe even a Hesperiidae (photo from Butterflies of America). . . . → Læs mere: Butterfly af ugen Fordi jeg ville have været udsat for denne. Tal om dyremishandling! Okay, Bare for sjov, men denne historie er en smule latterligt. I artiklen hedder det forskerne havde brugt stemme Limbaugh, fordi det var “let tilgængelige”, ikke fordi de hadede ham. Nå det viser sig ikke at være sandt, de valgte Rush . . . → Læs mere: Heldigvis, Jeg er ikke en bille Rivers Cuomo wrote me a song. Not bad, but now I think I want that mantis costume for Halloween. And of course I am obliged to point out that earthworms are not insects… [vimeo=14822451] Came across this article today care of Doug Yanega at UC Riverside, which spurred the search for further information. Who can tell me what those “flowers” actually are? 10 points to the first to guess correctly… or maybe some awesome prize? [youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHdKEhFM7mY&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0] Dette er noget, jeg aldrig har set før. Da jeg voksede op, har jeg altid haft nogen, der har givet mig et kitschobjekt med insekter på, endda spille kort. Selv sidste år fik jeg endnu et insekt-tema-slips. (I don’t have the whimsey of PZ Myers and his awesome tie.) Men, they were all printed images of . . . → Læs mere: Jeg vil give dig min Ken Griffey Jr. til…
Know this butterfly? It’s OK, no one really does. It is in the genus Apodemia (Riodinidae), but the taxonomy of this group is a disaster… and don’t even get me started on the subspecies. This specimen was photographed in September, meaning it is most likely to be Apodemia mormo (mormo) based . . . → Læs mere: Ugens dumme buttefly En af fordelene ved at være en entomolog er at rejse og indsamle. Jeg lagde et par tusinde miles på bilen hver sommer, og det er to af de bedste steder i Arizona at indsamle. Det øverste billede er fra Baboquivari -bjergene (Baboquivari Peak i midten), Brown Canyon Research Station. . . . → Læs mere: I marken Dette er et gammelt billede af mig, så det er ikke perfekt. Hvis du kan fortælle mig denne sommerfugl til arter, får du en high-five. Hvis du kender underarten, Jeg sender dig en ny pakke med #3 stifter i rustfrit stål! Kun antydning: Det er fra det vestlige USA. . . . → Læs mere: OK sommerfugl mennesker, hvem er jeg? |
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