The Bug Whisperer
Blog URL http://nobonesaboutit.wordpress.com/
Located Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Tags bugs, photography, macro, insects, spiders, arthropods, invertebrates, nature, close-up
Macro photography of invertebrates. Photographs, equipment and technique.
Latest Blog Posts
- Olympus Bioscapes Competition 2009 on Nov 22, 2009 in Competition Microscopy bioscape daphnia light microscope olympus water flea
The Olympus Bioscapes 2009 competition results are in, and the winner is… Water flea Daphnia atkinsoni. This specimen has a “crown of thorns,” a defensive trait induced in offspring only when the parents sense chemical cues released...
- Web Resources Update on Nov 9, 2009 in Acari Alberta Arachnid Blog Link Canada Diptera Entomology Hymenoptera insect birds dead feather identification mites resource
In Alberta, bug fanciers and enthusiasts have a useful resource in AlbertaBugs, an email list which - “…is intended to encourage interest in the natural history or identification of bugs in Alberta and neighboring regions. Bugs are any ar...
- What’s Up? on Nov 8, 2009 in Blog Coleoptera Microscopy Technique White Studio Winter aquatic close-up macro giant mealworm pupa
I have been a bit slothful lately, especially in regards to regular blog updates. I need to remind myself that blogging posts need to be timely and at the rate I am going all my posts will be referring back to long past events and experiences. Bug bl...
- Circus of the Spineless on Nov 3, 2009 in Blog Blog Link Circus of the Spineless circus invtertebrates
Marmorkrebs is hosting the 44th edition of Circus of the Spineless. Go there for boneless edification and delight… Host sites for future editions can be found at the home page of Circus of the Spineless.
- Free Manual on Insect Morphology on Nov 3, 2009 in Blog Link Entomology Microscopy insect laboratory manual undergraduate
For those who want to get to know their bugs better, Eickwort’s Manual of Insect Morphology has been made freely available online at Cornell University. George Campbell Eickwort was a legendary systematist and he developed this course with the...
- Common and Long of Leg on Oct 23, 2009 in Alberta Arachnid Autumn Canada National Park Opiliones White Studio daddy harvestman longlegs spider
This is a harvestman or daddy longlegs – an adult male Phalangium opilio (Family Phalangiidae, Order Opiliones). The males can be distinguished by the spur or “horn” projecting from the anterior surface of the first cheliceral segme...
- Tree Hoppers on CBC on Oct 16, 2009 in Documentary Hemiptera insect Amazon CBC nature Nature of Things treehoppers TV
For those who have the opportunity, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is featuring a documentary on the family Membracidae – the treehoppers – this Sunday on The Nature of Things. A scientific adventure documentary, Mini Monsters of A...
