Monthly Archives: July 2010

Merci!

Posted on July 28, 2010 by

Most of you have probably surmised by now that I’ve been away for the past two weeks.   More specifically, I’ve been in Europe following the Tour de France and testing my own mettle as a cyclist in the French … Continue reading →

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Six beetles Ted still needs for his collection

Posted on July 23, 2010 by

Today’s guest blogger is longtime friend and insect collecting partner Rich Thoma. Rich and I first met nearly 30 years ago and have been collecting insects together ever since. Rich is a strong advocate for educating children about natural history … Continue reading →

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A wiley wasp

Posted on July 21, 2010 by

[The following is an invited post by Alex Wild of Myrmecos blog] Little did Ted know that giving me the keys to his beetle blog meant I’d be able  to use his own soapbox to convince everyone that Hymenoptera (the … Continue reading →

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The joys of ecological restoration

Posted on July 19, 2010 by

The daily rewards of restoration, to the practicing ecological restorationist and to those who visit his or her work, are many. Continue reading →

Posted in Formicidae, Gentianaceae, Hymenoptera, Liliaceae, Orchidaceae, Orthoptera, Plantae, Primulaceae, Tettigoniidae | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 11 Comments

Collecting in Australia’s remote McIlwraith range

Posted on July 17, 2010 by

The following is an invited post by Alex Wild of Myrmecos Blog: Ted MacRae so graciously guest blogged for me last week, so I figured it’s time to turn this around and send one Ted’s way. One of the great … Continue reading →

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Guest Blogger: Dogbane for Dinner

Posted on July 15, 2010 by

Our guest blogger for today is Anne McCormack. I have known Anne (or known of her) for more than 25 years now, first as a long-time editor of Nature Notes, the journal of the Webster Groves Nature Study Society, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Apocynaceae, Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera, Hesperiidae, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Plantae, Vespidae | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

Special Delivery

Posted on July 13, 2010 by

Entomology is, of course, a wide and varied discipline that touches any number of human endeavors – from the practical (agriculture, food production, public health) to the esoteric (genetics, ecology, cultural symbolism).  Despite this far-reach, however, entomologists themselves are not … Continue reading →

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Friday Flower – Cleft Phlox

Posted on July 9, 2010 by

In a recent edition of my Friday Flower series I featured Tradescantia longipes (dwarf spiderwort or wild crocus), an exquisite Ozark endemic found scattered in dry igneous woodlands of the Missouri’s St. Francois Mountains and Arkansas’ Ouachita Mountains and that I had … Continue reading →

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