Entomology
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See also: [[Non-Insects]]. | See also: [[Non-Insects]]. | ||
| − | [[File:Cuterebra_apicalis.jpg|600px|thumb| | + | [[File:Cuterebra_apicalis.jpg|600px|thumb|right|''Cuterebra apicalis'', a widespread bot fly collected at my house in Tena, Ecuador. Handheld focus stacking with an Olympus TG-5.]] |
| − | I have retired from HS teaching and have | + | <blockquote>Beware the explorer that takes a peek below a centimeter scale, for they may find such a vast and diverse bestiary that the larger world will hold little fascination. |
| + | <br><cite>Michael L. Ferro, [https://www.dropbox.com/s/di6ngfdepqyh1ar/hamuliv9i1.pdf?dl=0A Hamuli, Volume 9, Issue 1 — March 13, 2018.]</cite></blockquote> | ||
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| + | <blockquote>Nothing is more humbling than to look with a strong magnifying glass at an | ||
| + | insect so tiny that the naked eye sees only the barest speck and to discover | ||
| + | that nevertheless it is sculpted and articulated and striped with the same | ||
| + | care and imagination as a zebra. Apparently it does not occur to nature | ||
| + | whether or not a creature is within our range of vision, and the suspicion | ||
| + | arises that even the zebra was not designed for our benefit. | ||
| + | <br><cite>Rudolf Arnheim, <u>Parables of Sun Light: Observations on Psychology, the Arts, and the Rest</u></cite>, 1989.</blockquote> | ||
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| + | I have retired from HS teaching and have resumed my true vocation as an entomologist (currently happily unemployed) in Ecuador in September 2015! | ||
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| + | * [[My Research]] | ||
* [[Systematics Resources]] | * [[Systematics Resources]] | ||
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| + | * [[Online Literature Sources]] | ||
* [[Entomology Supplies]] | * [[Entomology Supplies]] | ||
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* [[Methodologies]] | * [[Methodologies]] | ||
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* [[Acarology]] | * [[Acarology]] | ||
* [http://entclub.org/ Cambridge Entomological Club] | * [http://entclub.org/ Cambridge Entomological Club] | ||
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| + | * [https://www.americanentomologicalsociety.org The American Entomological Society] | ||
* [[Species|Species named from my collections or named after me.]] | * [[Species|Species named from my collections or named after me.]] | ||
* [[Evaniidae]] | * [[Evaniidae]] | ||
