ಪ್ರೆಸ್ XII ರವರೆಗೆ ಜೀನಿಯಸ್

ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಕಷ್ಟ GOP, ಸವಾಲು, found here from the Scottish TV website. ಕೆಳಗೆ ಕಥೆ ತಪ್ಪು ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು?

ಬ್ರಿಟಿಷ್ Humo ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ(ರಲ್ಲಿ)ಆರ್

A short clip from the brilliant show, Quite Interesting. The start of the discussion is in regards to cochineal bugsalthough they refer to them as beetles! (see buggirl)

ಒಂದು ಸ್ಪೈಡರ್ Sierran

ಪತಂಗಗಳು ಇಲ್ಲದ ವಾರಾಂತ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಕೆಲಸಗಳನ್ನು ಒಂದು ಲಿಪಿಡಾಪ್ಟರ ಕೀಟ ಕಾರಣವಾಗಬಹುದು. ಒಂದು ಜೇಡ ತೆಗೆಯಲು ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ಕ್ರೇಜಿ. ವಾರಾಂತ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾನು ಸಹ ಕೀಟ ಬ್ಲಾಗರ್ ಮೂಲಕ ಪೂರ್ವ ಸಿಯೆರಾ ಕಂಡಿತ್ತು, ಸಹೋದ್ಯೋಗಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಮತ್ತು arachnologist, ತಮಸ್ SZUTA. I was on the quest for more specimens of a new Hepialidae of which you may be familiar . . . → ಓದಿ: ಒಂದು ಸ್ಪೈಡರ್ Sierran

ಮಧ್ಯ ವಾರ ಮಿಸ್ಟರಿ

While I work on a more substantial post, you can name this butterflyand the plant should be pretty easy too. Extra bonus if you can guess the county (state won’t be too impressive) in which I took this photo. This was pre-DSLR, but my old beat up canon point-and-shoot did manage to get . . . → ಓದಿ: ಮಧ್ಯ ವಾರ ಮಿಸ್ಟರಿ

Genius of the Press XI

This genius of the press is extra special, not for its difficulty, but for its redundancy. I found the same story carried on two separate sources, with different imagesand both equally incorrect! I can imagine that it won’t take long for someone to point out exactly what’s wrong with these stories (hint, ಅಲ್ಲಿ . . . → ಓದಿ: Genius of the Press XI

ನಾನು ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಹಿಂದೆ ಇಲ್ಲಿಗೆ…

And while I catch up you can watch some creepy Isabella Rossellini re-enact the mating strategies of a bedbug. You should also read, if you haven’t caught it already, the excellent bedbug article written by the distinguished (and my former professor) May Berenbaum.

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ಒಂದು ಗೊಂದಲದ ಹೊಸ ಪ್ರವೃತ್ತಿ?

Pictured is a black-veined white (Aporia crataegi ssp), and it is currently being returned to the Korean Institute of Biological Resources. Loans get returned, as they should be, every dayand can even number in the thousands of specimens. I myself have a few hundred moths out on loan from a handful of . . . → ಓದಿ: ಒಂದು ಗೊಂದಲದ ಹೊಸ ಪ್ರವೃತ್ತಿ?

Muppet Monsters

I stumbled upon (not on stumbleupon) these colored SEM images on the Telegraph webpage today. I especially love this image of a Calliphoridae larva (Protophormia sp.) that seems more out of a C-rated science fiction movie than nature. It reminds me of both a freakish Star Wars character and a Muppet at the same . . . → ಓದಿ: Muppet Monsters

Butterfly Porn

Here is a hill-topping male Papilio zeliacon, or Anise swallowtail. This butterfly is widespread in the western Pacific states and is probably much more common than it once was. After the introduction of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare), and subsequent escape from horticulture, the anise swallowtail took hold as a common California butterfly. Perhaps before this . . . → ಓದಿ: Butterfly Porn

ಹೌದು, Republicans Must Hate Me Too.

Over on Myrmecos Alex Wild just brought to my attention a rather personal attack from a pair of republican senators (Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and John McCain, R-Ariz). Once again I started to comment, but given how close to home this hits, I felt a longer winded diatribe approaching

ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾಗಿ, my job is a giant waste . . . → ಓದಿ: ಹೌದು, Republicans Must Hate Me Too.