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Crouching Predator, Hidden Scarab?
Take a good look at this golden scarab beetle, Chrysina resplendens… Probably the most ridiculously golden beetle ever, right? Now what if I told you that this beetle (and several...
Crouching Predator, Hidden Scarab?
Take a good look at this golden scarab beetle, Chrysina resplendens… Probably the most ridiculously golden beetle ever, right? Now what if I told you that this beetle (and several...
I Got 99 Problems but a Midge Ain't One
mmmmmmm chocolate, just the thought of it is enough to make me float off to my happy place, a magical land full of cacoa nib fairies, loose pants, tropical breezes,...
I Got 99 Problems but a Midge Ain't One
mmmmmmm chocolate, just the thought of it is enough to make me float off to my happy place, a magical land full of cacoa nib fairies, loose pants, tropical breezes,...
Find a Lot of Bugs When You Clean Your Swimming...
(Repost): Original Post: https://baynature.org/article/those-bugs-swimming-pool-save-them-for-science/ Jere Schweikert, an entomologist at the California Academy of Sciences, was cleaning the pool in his backyard in Marin County when the opportunity occurred to him. “I just...
Find a Lot of Bugs When You Clean Your Swimming...
(Repost): Original Post: https://baynature.org/article/those-bugs-swimming-pool-save-them-for-science/ Jere Schweikert, an entomologist at the California Academy of Sciences, was cleaning the pool in his backyard in Marin County when the opportunity occurred to him. “I just...
Tracking the Ghost Cat...
(Repost): Original Post: https://baynature.org/article/tracking-ghosts/ From under the shade of an oak tree, deep in the forests of the Blue Oak Ranch Reserve in San Jose, the slope descends steeply in...
Tracking the Ghost Cat...
(Repost): Original Post: https://baynature.org/article/tracking-ghosts/ From under the shade of an oak tree, deep in the forests of the Blue Oak Ranch Reserve in San Jose, the slope descends steeply in...
What's Small, Ladybug-like, and Golden All Over?
(Repost): Original Post: https://baynature.org/2014/02/27/whats-small-ladybug-like-golden/ This week’s Ask the Naturalist was sent in by Arlene Nielson from Clayton who happened upon a little speck of treasure in a most unlikely place: Around...
What's Small, Ladybug-like, and Golden All Over?
(Repost): Original Post: https://baynature.org/2014/02/27/whats-small-ladybug-like-golden/ This week’s Ask the Naturalist was sent in by Arlene Nielson from Clayton who happened upon a little speck of treasure in a most unlikely place: Around...
The New Butterfly
In the insect world butterflies definitely get all the good press, they are the charismatic microfauna, the tiny pandas, the gleaming ambassadors of our field. And for good reason, BUT...
The New Butterfly
In the insect world butterflies definitely get all the good press, they are the charismatic microfauna, the tiny pandas, the gleaming ambassadors of our field. And for good reason, BUT...