Monthly Archives: October 2015

A suitable ode to Warren Knaus

Posted on October 29, 2015 by

Last June Jeff Huether and I made a trip out to a system of sand the dunes just south of Medora, Kansas. These dunes have been a popular historical collecting site since the late 1800s, when Warren Knaus first called attention to … Continue reading →

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The best species name ever!

Posted on October 21, 2015 by

This past February while traveling to see research plots in Argentina, I had the pleasure of accompanying colleague and scarab expert Federico Ocampo to San Juan Province in west-central Argentina to see some of the endemic scarabs that live in the sand dunes that … Continue reading →

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Summer Insect Collecting iRecap

Posted on October 14, 2015 by

At the beginning of the season I was planning to spend the first week of June collecting insects in southeastern New Mexico. Family issues intervened, however, and left me with a week of vacation time and no plans on how to use … Continue reading →

Posted in Arachnida, Araneae, Asclepiadaceae, Asteraceae, Aves, Buprestidae, Cannabinaceae, Cerambycidae, Chrysomelidae, Cicadidae, Coleoptera, Danaidae, Diapheromeridae, Dinosauria, Hemiptera, Lepidoptera, Mantidae, Mantodea, Noctuidae, Phasmida, Reptilia, Salicaceae, Saturniidae, Scarabaeidae, Sphingidae, Tettigoniidae, Vertebrata | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments