Published in the Santa Barbara News Press, Winter 2009. Who can tell me what’s wrong with these captions?
Page scan credit: Stuart Wilson.
 2 komentarai - (Komentarai nepriimami)  Entomologija  Blogas Mokslas, Drugeliai, Entomologija, Drugiai Lepidoptera, Žiniasklaida 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). . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Butterfly of the week Dalytis šiuo!Because I would have been subjected to this. Talk about animal cruelty! Gerai, just kidding, but this story is a bit ridiculous. The article states that the scientists had used the voice of Limbaugh because it was “readily available”, not because they hated him. Well that turns out not to be true, they chose Rush . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Thankfully, I’m not a beetle Dalytis šiuo!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] Dalytis šiuo!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? Dalytis šiuo![youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHdKEhFM7mY&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0] Dalytis šiuo!This is something I’ve never seen before. Growing up I have always had someone give me some kitsch object with insects on them, even playing cards. Well even last year I got another insect themed tie. (I don’t have the whimsey of PZ Myers and his awesome tie.) Tačiau, they were all printed images of . . . → Skaityti daugiau: I’ll give you my Ken Griffey Jr. dėl… Dalytis šiuo!
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 . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Kvailas savaitės drugelis Dalytis šiuo! Komentarai nepriimami Entomologija Drugeliai, Entomologija, Drugiai Lepidoptera, Rūšis, Species Concepts Vienas yra entomologija privilegijos keliauja ir rinkti. Aš įdėti keletą tūkstančių mylių automobiliu kiekvieną vasarą ir tai yra du iš geriausių vietų, Arizona rinkti. Top vaizdą iš Baboquivari kalnai (Baboquivari Peak viduryje), Rudas Kanion tyrimų stotis. . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Srityje Dalytis šiuo! Komentarai nepriimami Entomologija Arizonoje, Rinkti, Entomologija, Pavojų Kolekcionavimas, Imigracija Tai senas mano vaizdas, taigi jis nėra tobulas. Jei galite man pasakyti šį drugelį rūšiai, gausite penkis. Jei žinote porūšį, Atsiųsiu jums naują pakuotę #3 nerūdijančio plieno kaiščiai! Tik užuomina: Tai iš vakarų JAV. . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Gerai drugelis žmonės, kas aš esu? Dalytis šiuo! |
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