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2018 New Mexico/Texas Insect Collecting Trip “iReport”

Posted on February 2, 2019 by

This is the fifth in a series of Collecting Trip “iReports”—so named because I’ve illustrated them exclusively with iPhone photographs (see previous articles for 2013 Oklahoma, 2013 Great Basin, 2014 Great Plains, and 2015 Texas). Note that I continue to use … Continue reading →

Posted in Arachnida, Araneae, Asteraceae, Aves, Buprestidae, Cactaceae, Cerambycidae, Cicadidae, Cicindelidae, Cleridae, Coleoptera, Coreidae, Curculionidae, Diapheromeridae, Diplopoda, Euphorbiaceae, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Orthoptera, Phasmida, Pompilidae, Reptilia, Sapotaceae, Scarabaeidae, Scorpiones, Solifugida, Tettigoniidae, Trogidae, Vertebrata | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 19 Comments

Spiney, scaley distractions

Posted on August 18, 2015 by

Those who have read this blog for any length of time know that single-mindedness is not one of my shortcomings. I call myself a coleopterist and even go on trips dedicated specifically towards their study, yet find it impossible to ignore the diversity … Continue reading →

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2014 Great Plains Collecting Trip iReport

Posted on October 2, 2014 by

During the past year or so I’ve followed up my longer (one week or more) insect collecting trips with a synoptic “iReport”—so named because they are illustrated exclusively with iPhone photographs. It may come as a surprise to some, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Aves, Buprestidae, Cactaceae, Cerambycidae, Coleoptera, Dinosauria, Mammalia, Reptilia, Salicaceae | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 15 Comments

Great Basin Collecting Trip iReport

Posted on September 17, 2013 by

During the last week of August, I teamed up with fellow longhorned beetle enthusiast Jeff Huether to look for species in the genus Crossidius. This exclusively North American genus contains a number of colorful species in the tribe Trachyderini that are associated … Continue reading →

Posted in Asteraceae, Cerambycidae, Coleoptera, Reptilia, Vertebrata | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Fathers Day at the Missouri Botanical Garden

Posted on June 19, 2012 by

Yesterday my girls (wife Lynne and daughters Mollie and Madison) took me and my father to the Missouri Botanical Garden for Fathers Day. Although I’m an entomologist, I also have a strong botanical bent, and although my wife and father are … Continue reading →

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Speaking of cover photos…

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

…here is my first—a tropical house gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia) that I photographed in Campinas, Brazil this past January. The photo (originally from my post Brazil Bugs #5 – Lagartixa) was selected for the cover of the October 2011 issue of Ecology and Evolution, having … Continue reading →

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Wrong lens

Posted on June 3, 2011 by

During the past couple of years, as I’ve transitioned from strictly a net-wielding entomologist to one that also carries a camera, I’ve had to start making choices about whether to keep the camera in the backpack or hold it at the ready, … Continue reading →

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