Recently I had the chance to watch the Charles Darwin biopic Creation, starring Paul Bettany (A Knight’s Tale, The Da Vinci Code) and Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind, Requiem for a Dream). Based on a retrospective biography by Darwin’s own great-great-grandson Randal Keynes OBE (Annie’s Box), Creation follows the life and times of Darwin and his family as he struggles with his world-altering theory.
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One of my goals for this blog was to provide information on collecting trips and overviews of the facilities that I visit, specifically for entomologists. Finding information on research stations, habitats and the logistics of getting to and from these places is often hard to find, and are often birding reports, which are useful, especially for those that like to look at things that possess less than 6 legs, but don’t reflect the conditions that many entomologists are looking for. With that in mind, this will be the first of (hopefully) many trip reports/reviews that I plan to provide!
Just wanted to post a quick notice to let everyone know that I’m still alive despite the lack of blogging! Between grad work and non-school-related-life (is there such a thing?) it’s been a tad busy around these parts, but I’m hoping for some increased frequency in my postings.
This almost makes me want to return to my childhood hobby of collecting baseball cards! Upper Deck, famous sports card company, has issued a new set of old-timey baseball cards, but sprinkled amoungst them are beauties such as these:
Just wanted to highlight an introductory workshop on insect macro photography that I’ll be giving with Dave K.B. Cheung at Wings of Paradise butterfly conservatory in Cambridge Ont. This 35 minute presentation will touch on the basics of macro photography, from equipment to technique, and we’ll follow it up with hands on training in the conservatory! If you’re in the area March 7th and would like to learn more about insect photography please join us for a morning of shooting and teaching! There is limited seating available, so make sure to RSVP by emailing Dave early!
I think from now on I’ll stop forecasting when my next blog post will be as I don’t seem to be hitting many deadlines! Although slightly delayed, today I’ll be sharing some of the more “cuddly” creatures that we encountered during our 2 weeks in the Bolivian Amazon.
Well, it’s time for the world’s greatest sporting event to begin, and this year it’s Canada’s time to shine! I figured that this year I’d show my support and patriotism through some creative insect editing! Stay tuned throughout the course of the Olympic games to find some of the smallest competitors! But first, a shout out to the fans who stand behind the athletes and cheer them on!
Good luck to all the athletes competing this year, and lets hope that the remainder of the games will be safe for all the competitors after today’s tragic accident.
I offer my sincerest condolences to Nodar Kumaritashvili’s family, friends, and teammates.
Shit happens, and as a dipterist who studies dung-feeding flies, it keeps me in business! But its not just micropezids that come into brown gold, many different families show up for the cheap, stinky meal!
Well, this post was originally supposed to be finished for Friday, but here we are and it’s already Monday!
Today I’ll be showing some of the lower flies from my trip to Bolivia in spring 2007.
Bolivian bees being baited, walking with wasps, and ants all around! Hypnotizing Hymenoptera!
