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By Chris Grinter, on July 19th, 2011% What would Jesus do if he had some free time – maybe cure a disease, end a war, or feed the starving – but nah, everyone sees that coming. Why not shock them to the core – burn your face on a Walmart receipt! At least, that’s what a couple in South Carolina believe to . → Read More: Jesus, aisle 4 Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on July 5th, 2011% It seems like there is a preponderance of urban legends that involve insects crawling into our faces while we sleep. The most famous myth is something along the lines of “you eat 8 spiders a year while sleeping“. Actually when you google that the number ranges from 4 to 8… up to . → Read More: All New, Attack Moths! Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on May 7th, 2011% Who can tell me what’s wrong below? Not only is it the obvious photo problem, but the author of the article takes some logical leaps to support his premise. Who can tell me what his logical fallacies are? I won’t link to the entire article quite yet because a well known Lepidopterist has already . → Read More: Genius of the Press XVIII Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on April 19th, 2011% Source: Wikipedia It turns out that Richard Branson has a new idea; to save the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) by importing them to his private British Virgin Island. As the article points out Branson spent millions of pounds and years of effort to turn the island into “the most ecologically friendly . → Read More: Richard Branson is an Idiot Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on March 24th, 2011% Better be careful of what you do while out in the countryside. Farms can be dangerous places, especially if you’re a photographer. Proposed legislation in Florida, titled simply “farms”, is attempting to make photography or drawings in, on or of a farm without explicit written consent a first degree FELONY (up to 30 years in . → Read More: 1984 Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on February 17th, 2011% Shockingly, stunningly, amazingly; the monarchs are back (but not co-staring Julianne Moore). OK, it’s not that amazing; I pretty much predicted this would be the case last March when everyone was running around terrified because the butterflies hit an all time low (since counting started in 1993). Actually I believe I said “I will . → Read More: The Monarchs Are All Right Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on January 23rd, 2011% I did, and it sounds like it was written by Sarah Palin. Actually, I came across this meta analysis of over 22,000 horoscopes over on Information is Beautiful. It’s spectacular – but I’ll run down a few points here: From these 22,000 horoscopes came a chart of the most common words (bottom), 90% of which . → Read More: Check your horoscope today? Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on January 14th, 2011% Not too long ago I posted about the device above – a cool looking glass bulb which supposedly uses light to scare away flights. That claim hit my skeptical nerve, and I discussed it in my previous post. Over the past weeks I’ve been researching reasonable methods . → Read More: Leave it to the Mythbusters Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on November 15th, 2010% Bwahahahahahahaha. It’s amazing just how much crazyness this woman crams into this interview. It was so bad it actually became hard to laugh at… I’m working on editing my images from my road trip, so stay tuned! Like this:Like . → Read More: Monday Madness Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on October 18th, 2010% I came across this interesting device and had an instant gut reaction.. “Of course a stupid water bulb doesn’t repel flies, this is a scam!”… deep breath… OK that is terrible skepticism. Actually, it’s cynical and it’s just what skeptics hate being called. It’s also something that happens much too easily – . → Read More: Call me skeptical… Like this: Like Loading...
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Ag Chris Grinter, 16 Aibreán, 2012% 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. Van . . . → Read More: Dé Luain Leamhan Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, ar an 12ú Márta, 2012% Mar tá mé cinnte go atá tú faoi deara rudaí a bheith millteanach ciúin thart anseo don dá mhí anuas. An chuid is mó d'Eanáir bhí mé gnóthach le bogadh, ó San Francisco go Chicago. Unfortunately the foundation that was supporting my work at the California Academy of Sciences had some tough financial calls to make and my position . . . → Read More: Ar ais go Blagadóireacht! Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, 19 Meán Fómhair, 2011% Trosia nigrorufa (Megalopygidae) Is é seo an dé luain moth baineann néal a chur ar an Megalopygidae Neotropical – Trosia nigrorufa. Ed Ross agus Ev Schlinger bailíodh sin eiseamal i Peiriú i 1955, agus Chuala mé a lán scéalta faoi na expeditions epic. Ní féidir liom a shamhlú i ndáiríre ag taisteal tríd long lasta, á imithe ar feadh sé mhí nó níos mó . . . → Read More: Dé Luain Leamhan Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, ar 12 Meán Fómhair, 2011% Oops, Ndearna mé Dé Luain seo caite moth, agus mar sin tá anseo dhá! Is iad seo roinnt stunners ón expedition CAS hOileáin Fhilipíneacha agus Sílim go bhfuil mé figured amach a n-ainmneacha. Má tá a fhios agat níos fearr, le do thoil cheartú dom. Leabhrán Darma (Limacodidae) Parotid marginata (Crambidae) Cosúil le seo:Cosúil . . . → Read More: Dé Luain Leamhan Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, ar 24 Lúnasa, 2011% A month ago or so the California Academy of Sciences launched a full fledged expedition to the Philippines. Cé gur caitheadh an chuid is mó de an t-airgead ar long Clipper agus foirne Léim, bhí comhpháirt trastíre. Cé nach raibh mé a fháil chun dul (agus shuigh sa bhaile agus pouted), I did talk some of . . . → Read More: Feithidí na hOileáin Fhilipíneacha I Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, ar 22 Lúnasa, 2011% An tseachtain seo caite Jim Hayden guessed go raibh an moth sa phost mé Oecophoridae hAstráile. Bhí sé ina buille faoi thuairim maith toisc go bhfuil an oiread leamhain mór agus néal sa teaghlach ón Astráil. Ceann de na fearr go bhfuil a bheith ar an gceann seo, Wingia lambertella (Oecophoridae), gabhadh ar Sliabh Dubh i Canberra Deireadh Fómhair 23, 1955 (Bailiúcháin CAS). . . . → Read More: Dé Luain Leamhan Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, 15 Lúnasa, 2011% FREAGRA: Ní raibh sé sin éasca – ach tá sé seo moth mór agus álainn a bhí as an Astráil agus tá sé i Xyloryctidae teaghlach (Philarista sp.). We have a handful of representatives of this group here in the US and Ted MacRae over on Beetles in the Bush has a few great photographs of them. Somehow I think we . . . → Read More: Dé Luain Leamhan Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, ar 18 Iúil, 2011% Feicfidh mé a choinneáil ar an liathróid rollta le Arctiinae agus iar grianghraf lá atá inniu ann de Ctenucha brunnea. Is féidir an moth a coitianta i féara ard ar feadh tránna ó San Francisco go LA – cé le blianta beaga anuas ar líon na an moth ag laghdú le scrios ar ghnáthóga agus an ionradh ar féar trá (Ammophila arenaria). Ach . . . → Read More: Dé Luain Leamhan Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, an 20 Meitheamh, 2011% Tá mé ag dul a choinneáil ar an liathróid rollta leis an tsraith seo agus iarracht a dhéanamh níos rialta. Beidh mé ag díriú freisin ar aird a tharraingt ar speiceas nua gach seachtain ó na bailiúcháin ollmhór anseo ag an Acadamh Eolaíochtaí na California. Ba chóir é sin a thabhairt dom go leor ábhar le haghaidh… ar a laghad cúpla céad bliain. Grammia edwardsii . . . → Read More: Dé Luain Leamhan Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, on May 9th, 2011% OK, not an insect… For the next three weeks my colleagues from the Arachnology lab at the California Academy of Sciences are in the Philippines! (aon, not jealous at all…) The trip is part of the CAS Hearst expedition, a massive effort spanning all of our research departments to survey the . . . → Read More: The Arachnologists have landed Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ...