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Exploring the World Beneath Your Feet. Links and other information sources. The Acarological E-reprint Library. 8212; hosted by Systematic and Applied Acarology Society (SAAS). Search the ETI World Taxonomist Database. Visit Dr. Steve Hopkin’s Collembola site. Study The Pedosphere and Its Dynamics. With Dr. N. Juma. Read about Soil Quality. On the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service website. Read up on the International Biodiversity Observation year 2001-2002 Projects. At Colorado State Univeristy.
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Bill's Birding: Back from the Hebrides
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Moth trapping: what's it all about? 06 August, 2015. Back from the Hebrides. Almost two months later, and I'm back from the Hebrides! I arrived back last Tuesday, and have spent the majority of time between then and now quietly slagging off weather forecasters under my breath for their use of the word 'moderate' to describe wind speeds that wouldn't bother a leaf up north, and shaking my head at the continued presence of Waitrose. Basically I've come back thinking I'm a northerner. What have I got myself...
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Soil Bugs - An illustrated guide to New Zealand soil invertebrates
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Mollusca (slugs and snails). New Zealand Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity Information System (TFBIS). Find out more. A springtail (Collembola) from New Zealand. Phylum Arthropoda, class Collembola Lubbock, 1870 — from Greek. A soil-dwelling poduromorph springtail, North Island of New Zealand. The jumping organ - the furca - is visible on this springtail. Image courtesy of Steve Hopkin. These two poduromorph Collembola live in the rotting wood. North Island of New Zealand. Many springtails are oppo...
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Bill's Birding: What a transformation!
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Moth trapping: what's it all about? 16 May, 2015. The past couple of weeks have seen the alleyway behind our student house transform into an invertebrate haven, with a healthy range of common plants (Green Alkanet, Herb Robert, Red Campion, Deadly Nightshade and Ribwort Plantain to name a few) sprouting up on the disturbed ground. Add to that a couple of garden escapes (Greater Celandine and Honesty) and the alley has become an attractive location for visiting pollinators. View my complete profile. Moth ...
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Bill's Birding: Field guide reviews
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Moth trapping: what's it all about? Ask any nature nut, and most will agree that there is little more satisfying in our constantly changing world of identification and classification than adding natural history literature to our bookshelves. There is just something so satisfying about physically flicking through an actual, real-life book that internet sites and Kindles, as good as they are, will never be able to fully replace. A Guide to Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe. Dick Jones, 1983). The book...
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Bill's Birding: April 2015
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Moth trapping: what's it all about? 26 April, 2015. I spent my Sunday helping to run a Worcester Bat Group stall at the Knapp and Papermill, a local reserve run by the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust. It was a beautiful day and fantastic location, and any spare time I could find was spent chilling by river watching a Dipper collect food in the shallow water, whilst nearby a pair of Kingfishers appeared to be feeding chicks in a hole in the river bank. 18 April, 2015. Of Emperor Moths and Disappointment.
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Bill's Birding: Micropterix tunbergella
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Moth trapping: what's it all about? 26 April, 2015. I spent my Sunday helping to run a Worcester Bat Group stall at the Knapp and Papermill, a local reserve run by the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust. It was a beautiful day and fantastic location, and any spare time I could find was spent chilling by river watching a Dipper collect food in the shallow water, whilst nearby a pair of Kingfishers appeared to be feeding chicks in a hole in the river bank. Lucy @ A Natural Interlude. What a stunning little moth!
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Bill's Birding: March 2015
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Moth trapping: what's it all about? 26 March, 2015. A couple of belated images from last Friday, featuring two of the most exciting things that could possibly ever happen: a solar eclipse AND a moth-trapping session. There was an annoying cloud covering the sun for much of the morning, but luckily it cleared a couple of minutes to spare, giving us enough time to scramble together an old shoebox with a pinhole ready for peak totality. The two most common species of Pug in early spring - Double-striped.
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Bill's Birding: Cellar Cup
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Moth trapping: what's it all about? 14 May, 2015. We handed in our last assignment of the semester yesterday, marking the end of second year. Given the huge workload we've had to endure in the past few weeks, it was inevitable that cleaning chores in our student house would take a back foot. Fungus - a.k.a Cellar Cup. Nah, joking. We're not that bad - this wicked creature has actually been thriving amongst mud and asbestos in our outdoor garage for the past couple of weeks. Insane! At last, a bird! Cornw...
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Bill's Birding: February 2015
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Moth trapping: what's it all about? 26 February, 2015. New year, new equipment. After a year of pleading and pestering, I finally managed to annoy my university into buying some insect survey equipment for students to use on campus. To be fair to them, they did go all out and spent £500 on a sturdy moth trap and an amazingly lightweight battery. A starry sky and a couple of beers, everyone went away happy. The first of (hopefully) many insects to be recorded on campus! 17 February, 2015. Moth trap in situ.
