Writing tagged: ‘insects’
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Newsletter No. 18: ‘Unnecessary irreligious deductions’
Darwin versus Mivart, plus Darwin-related links and book recommendations.
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Newsletter No. 9: ‘Time flies’
Stolen notebooks · DNA barcoding · butterflies · Mary Anning · flowers · cool videos · insects · snakes · mammalian evolution · book reviews
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Newsletter No. 4: ‘Giant leaps’
Apollo 11 · Origin of Species · Richard Owen · Charles Lyell · sloths · lice · deaf moths · pregnant lizards · puppy eyes · palaeoanthropology · book reviews · heads on spikes!
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Book review: ‘Insectivorous Plants’ by Charles Darwin
Darwin at his most Darwinian.
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Book review: ‘A Buzz in the Meadow’ by Dave Goulson
A fantastic sequel to a fantastic prequel.
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Book review: ‘A Sting in the Tale’ by Dave Goulson
Fascinating book about bumblebees.
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15-Jun-1829: Darwin’s delight
On 15th June 1829, the young Charles Darwin was cited in Stephens’ ‘Illustrations of British Insects’.
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Parr for the course
Darwin’s beetle collection photo by Martin Parr.
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Britain’s commonest butterfly spotted in my garden!
Photo of Meadow Brown butterfly [Maniola jurtina].
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Spotted in my garden yesterday
Female Orange-tip Butterfly.
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The return of the peppered moth
Radio programme describing the re-verification of Kettlewell’s peppered moth experiments.
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Mimic
A caterpillar which looks like a twig.