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Post by rjb on Apr 30, 2011 4:06:05 GMT -8
Science Daily has a new report this morning on the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, newest sightings. I heard several talks about his observations a couple years back and he makes a rather convincing case for the woodpecker's existence. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110428132236.htmAs to El Chupacabra, one of our local ghost investigators, Ben Radford, pretty much puts that one to rest. In 1995, Madelyne Tolentino in Puerto Rico saw a scary movie "Species" and then reported seeing a creature that looked remarkably like the monster "Sil" in the movie. Then, this Sil-look-alike El Chupacabra went viral and will never go away because people love to believe in these things. see for example: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42215060/ns/technology_and_science-science/Rick
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Post by rjb on Apr 16, 2011 5:51:33 GMT -8
Here's another fly and a wasp from the backyard here in New Mexico. Batesian mimicry maybe? Fly body length about 3 cm.
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Post by rjb on Apr 15, 2011 5:36:52 GMT -8
Here is a Diopsidae Stalk-eyed Fly that I found in Malaysia around the Mt. Kinabalu area. Not mounted very well, but I really only do beetles. Rick
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Post by rjb on Mar 9, 2011 6:10:59 GMT -8
I think Nagai 1984 named Kibakoganea as a subgenus of Fruhstorferia and then in 1992 Hirasawa raised it to generic status and tamdaoensis is placed there. My question was whether this change is generally accepted and is the current status or has it been rejected. I'm trying to update the database at our local museum.
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Post by rjb on Mar 8, 2011 12:33:53 GMT -8
I wanted to get the correct name for a Ruteline beetle that I see as either: Fruhstorferia tamdaoensis or Kibakoganea tamdaoensis
Does anyone know which is the current name, or are these two different species? Rick
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Post by rjb on Jan 21, 2011 13:57:37 GMT -8
Yes cyanide is on a list of chemicals that are controlled in the US. You cannot buy it easily. It is used industrially in electroplating and mineral extraction industries. If you know someone in the right profession, you might acquire some, but it would probably be illegal. Also in other countries it can often be purchased directly, but then it is illegal to transport it back to the US by most carriers. So this is one of those useful chemicals that has become unavailable because it has a dangerous dual-use. Same is true of lots of recreational drug ingredients. That's life in our regulated world.
Rick
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