Biography:
Do not hesitate to write [I may be a slow replier though]
MS in entomology. Familiar with many groups of Palearctic beetles and true bugs, with a nerdy bias towards tiny arthropods and otherwise unpopular, obscure, uncharismatic taxa. I tend to stay away from those groups where one may expect species to have common names.
Frequently Answered Answers:
I may be reluctant to comment images showing common insects.
I may not take data points into consideration when deciding to frass images, unless they reflect
unpublished state records or at least expand BG data into a previously uncovered vast region
I do
not subscribe to most submissions I comment, so if you see any of your specific questions to me unanswered for at least two weeks, please contact me directly.
to be continued...
" Say’s remote location, his ideal of improving society through education, and his commitment to the diffusion of scientific knowledge by means of elaborately illustrated publications, caused his estrangement from the more narrowly focused systematicists…"
W.C. Sorensen (1995)
Brethren of the net: American entomology, 1840–1880: 10
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"Wunderlich, hoechst wunderlich," sprach der Doktor und versank in stummes Nachdenken.
"Der Kaeferkoenig," fuhr er dann fort, "der Kaeferkoenig kann es nicht sein, denn der ist, wie ich gewiss weiss, eben jetzt anderswo beschaeftigt; Spinnenmarschall auch nicht, denn Spinnenmarschall ist zwar haesslich, aber verstaendig und geschickt, lebt auch von seiner Haende Arbeit, ohne sich andrer Taten anzumassen. - Wunderlich - sehr wunderlich."
