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Today’s moth is an understated brown Crambidae, Loxostege brunneitincta. While this isn’t a particularly captivating moth it does have an interesting story that illustrates the need for scientific collections and museum loans. If you read the label image you will notice the moth was originally collected in 1927 by E. P. Van . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Astelehena sits Share honetan! 3 iruzkinak - (Iruzkinak itxita daude)  Entomología  California Zientzien Akademia, Entomología, Lepidoptera, Astelehena sits, Sitsak, Paratype, Izurri, Taxonomy CNN has now jumped on the bandwagon of FOX-esque bashing of scientific funding. Reporter Erin Burnett “txostenak” on the federal funding of $5.7 million dollars to help fight the invasive Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys). Burnett’s sarcasm is nearly thick enough to break into SNL levels of ridiculousness, but she seems genuine in her . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Stink Bug Stink Share honetan! 2 iruzkinak - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología, eszeptizismoa Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, CNN, Entomología, Halyomorpha halys, Hemipteroak, Espezie inbaditzaileak, Komunikabideak, Izurri, eszeptizismoa
Apparently something in the Mazda 6 fuel line is warm and inviting for the yellow sac spider, enough so that they are building webs over the vent systems of the 4 cylinder vehicles (and not the 6!). The problem has been deemed a “spider infestation” by the car company, eta . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Naturak atzera egiten du Share honetan!
Nepticulidae familiak ezagutzen diren sits txikienetako batzuk ditu, 3-8 mm-ko hegal-muturretik hegal-puntura bitartekoa. Konparazio baterako goiko bi sits irudikatu ditut: ezagutzen den handiena – Coscinocera hercules that tips the scales at nearly 9 zentimetroak, eta txikienetako bat (yes that tiny little speck . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Sits txikiena Share honetan! 7 iruzkinak - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología Entomología, Lepidoptera, Mikrolepidopteroak, Sitsak, Nepticulidoak, Espezie berria, Paleontologia, Izurri
Gailu interesgarri hau topatu nuen eta berehalako gut erreakzio bat izan zuen.. “Jakina ergelak ur bonbilla bat ez uxatzeko euli, hau iruzur bat da!”… arnasa sakon… Ados duten eszeptizismoa terrible da. Benetan, zinikoa da eta zer skeptics deitzen ari gorroto da. Gainera, askoz ere errazago gertatzen den zerbait – . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Deitu dit eszeptikoa… Share honetan! 8 iruzkinak - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología, eszeptizismoa Bad Science, Entomología, Logikoa Fallacies, Izurri, Iruzurrak eta iruzurraren, eszeptizismoa 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. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MakIB_IJnu0&feature=search] Share honetan!Because I would have been subjected to this. Talk about animal cruelty! Ados, 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 . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Thankfully, I’m not a beetle Share honetan! |
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