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 Komentarji - (Komentarji so zaprti)  Entomologija  Slaba znanost, Metulji, Entomologija, Lepidoptera, Mediji 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). . . . → Preberite več: Butterfly tedna Skupna raba tega!Because I would have been subjected to this. Talk about animal cruelty! v redu, 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 . . . → Preberite več: na srečo, I’m not a beetle Skupna raba tega!Rivers Cuomo mi je napisal pesem. Ni slabo, zdaj pa mislim, da hočem tisti kostum bogomolke za noč čarovnic. In seveda sem dolžan poudariti, da deževniki niso žuželke… [vimeo=14822451] Skupna raba tega!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? Skupna raba tega![youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHdKEhFM7mY&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0] Skupna raba tega!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.) Vendar, they were all printed images of . . . → Preberite več: I’ll give you my Ken Griffey Jr. za… Skupna raba tega!
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 . . . → Preberite več: Stupid buttefly of the week Skupna raba tega!One of the perks of being an entomologist is traveling and collecting. I put a few thousand miles on the car every summer and these are two of the best places in Arizona to collect. The top image is from the Baboquivari Mountains (Baboquivari Peak in the middle), Brown Canyon Research Station. . . . → Preberite več: In the field Skupna raba tega!To je stara slika rudnika, tako da to ni popoln. Če mi lahko poveste tegale metulja na vrsti boste dobili visoko pet. Če poznate podvrste, Jaz vam bomo poslali nov paket #3 nerjavnega jekla žebljički! Samo namig: To je iz zahodne ZDA. . . . → Preberite več: OK metulj ljudi, Kdo sem jaz? Skupna raba tega! |
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