Monday, 12 December 2016

Cook Islands Insect Expedition: Black Twig Borer

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The black twig borer Xylosandrus compactus (Eichhoff, 1875). Image courtesy of Ken Walker via PaDIL . Licence: CC: BY. A timely interv...
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Sunday, 27 November 2016

Cook Islands Insect Expedition: Funding Granted!

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Satellite image of Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Image via Wikimedia Commons . Licence: Public Domain. As the tagline of this blog suggests,...
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Thursday, 12 February 2015

Stereo microscope stage for insects made out of LEGO®

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The IMps. Photo courtesy of Dupont et al via ZooKeys . Licence: CC: BY. I loved LEGO® as a child. It's been a long, long time sin...
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Sunday, 16 June 2013

PhD week 67: 15 Month Report

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Diplacodes trivialis —Today's picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons . Licence: CC: BY-SA. One of the more critical pieces of admi...
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Saturday, 8 June 2013

PhD week 66: LaTeX fonts

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As part of my research, I will be making labels that indicate the type status of a number of weevil specimens. To create these, I have adapt...
Sunday, 2 June 2013

PhD week 65: DMHF

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Male (left) and female (right) weevil parts mounted in DMHF. The internal morphology of insects is a veritable gold mine of interes...
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Saturday, 25 May 2013

PhD week 64: Canterbury Museum

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Canterbury Museum. Image courtesy of acroamatic via Flickr. License: CC: BY-SA-NC. One of the things that I love about doing what I ...
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