scholarly journals An observation of the White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster preying on Saltwater Crocodile hatchlings Crocodylus porosus in Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 14767-14769
Author(s):  
Nimain Charan Palei ◽  
Bhakta Padarbinda Rath ◽  
Bimal Prasanna Acharya
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
National Park ◽  
Salt Water ◽  
Eastern India ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
Regular Monitoring ◽  
Saltwater Crocodile ◽  
Crocodylus Porosus ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Time

During our regular monitoring of Salt Water Crocodile in Bhitarakanika National Park in Odisha, eastern India, we for the first time photographed the predation of a hatchling Salt Water Crocodile by a White-bellied Sea Eagle. This information is very crucial as it aid in understanding the natural history of the species.

scholarly journals Inquiry-Based Geology Field Course for In-Service Educators

2014 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 124-125
Author(s):  
David Harwood ◽  
Kyle Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
South Dakota ◽  
National Park ◽  
Grand Teton National Park ◽  
Excellent Opportunity ◽  
History Of ◽  
Teton Range ◽  
Park Area

Eight in-service teachers and two instructors engaged in an inquiry-based geology field course from June 14 to 29, 2014 through Wyoming, South Dakota, and Nebraska. This team of learners spent three days in mid-June working in the Grand Teton National Park area. The UW-NPS facilities provide an excellent opportunity for participants to discover the natural history of the Teton Range, as well as close-out a few projects while sitting in a real chair, at a real table, a welcome change from our usual campground setting.

Diet, Habitat Selection and Natural History of Cacajao melanocephalus ouakary in Jaú National Park, Brazil1

2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 949-969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian A. Barnett ◽  
Carol Volkmar de Castilho ◽  
Rebecca L. Shapley ◽  
Antenor Anicácio
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Selection ◽  
Natural History ◽  
National Park ◽  
History Of ◽  
Cacajao Melanocephalus

scholarly journals Natural history of Ctenus medius Keyserling, 1891 (Araneae, Ctenidae) I: observations on habitats and the development of chromatic patterns

2000 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 503-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. E. ALMEIDA ◽  
E. F. RAMOS ◽  
E. GOUVÊA ◽  
M. do CARMO-SILVA ◽  
J. COSTA
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Natural History ◽  
National Park ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Mata Atlântica ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
History Of ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Phoneutria Nigriventer

Ctenus medius Keyserling, 1891 is a common species in several spots of Mata Atlântica, however there is a great lack of studies in all aspects of its natural history. This work aims to elucidate aspects of ecotope preference compared to large spiders, and to provide data on the development of chromatic patterns during its life cycle. The observations on the behavior of C. medius were done in the campus of Centro Universitário de Barra Mansa (UBM) by means of observations and nocturnal collections using cap lamps. For observations on the development of chromatic patterns, spiderlings raised in laboratory, hatched from an oviposition of a female from campus of UBM, and others spiderlings collected in field were used. The field observations indicate that: C. medius seems to prefer ecotopes characterized by dense shrub vegetation or herbal undergrowth; Lycosa erythrognatha and L. nordeskioldii seems to prefer open sites; Phoneutria nigriventer seems to prefer shrub vegetation and anthropogenic ecotopes as rubbish hills; Ancylometes sp. seems to prefer ecotopes near streams. Concerning chromatic patterns, it was observed that males and females show well distinct patterns during the last two instars, allowing distinction by sex without the use of a microscope. Through chromatic patterns it was also possible to draw a distinction between C. medius and C. ornatus longer that 3 mm cephalothorax width. 69 specimens of C. medius (males and females) collected in the campus of UBM did not show a striking polymorphism in chromatic pattern, but one among 7 adult females collected in National Park of Itatiaia, showed a distinct chromatic pattern.

The natural history and morphology of two bromeliad associated hispines from Brazil: Acentroptera basilica Thomson, 1856 and A. cf. tessellata Baly, 1958 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Sceloenoplini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4243 (3) ◽  
pp. 521
Author(s):  
FABIANO F. ALBERTONI ◽  
SÔNIA A. CASARI
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
New Records ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Leaf Miners ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Time

The natural history of Acentroptera basilica Guérin-Méneville, 1844 and A. cf. tessellata Baly, 1958 (Cassidinae: Sceloenoplini) associated with Aechmea aquilega Salisb. and Vriesea sp. (Bromeliaceae), respectively, is registered. Adults of both species are leaf scrapers, although larvae are leaf-miners. The immature stages of both species of Acentroptera are described and illustrated for the first time. The male and the female genitalia of A. basilica and new records for both species are also included. 

Description of two new species of Leptinopterus Hope (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae) with notes on the taxonomy and natural history of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2172 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
PASCHOAL COELHO GROSSI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Time

Two new species of Leptinopterus are described, both from southern Brazil: L. asketus new species and L. assimilis new species. Two new synonymies are also made; L. rotundicollis Lüderwaldt and L. luederwaldti de Moraes are synonymyzed with L. tibialis (Eschscholtz). The correct identities of two unavailable names are discussed: “L. nitidus ab. lepidus” with L. affinis Parry and “L. elegans ab. catharinensis” with L. gracilis Boileau. For the first time, some natural history notes for five species of Leptinopterus are reported and some information on their behavior is also given. The identity of Leptinopterus gracilis is correctly determined after an examination of a picture of the holotype.

scholarly journals Ulisse Aldrovandi’s Color Sensibility: Natural History, Language and the Lay Color Practices of Renaissance Virtuosi

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (4-6) ◽  
pp. 358-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Pugliano
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Correct Identification ◽  
Unpublished Manuscript ◽  
Standard Nomenclature ◽  
Natural Knowledge ◽  
History Of ◽  
Artistic Patronage ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

Famed for his collection of drawings of naturalia and his thoughts on the relationship between painting and natural knowledge, it now appears that the Bolognese naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522–1605) also pondered specifically color and pigments, compiling not only lists and diagrams of color terms but also a full-length unpublished manuscript entitled De coloribus or Trattato dei colori. Introducing these writings for the first time, this article portrays a scholar not so much interested in the materiality of pigment production, as in the cultural history of hues. It argues that these writings constituted an effort to build a language of color, in the sense both of a standard nomenclature of hues and of a lexicon, a dictionary of their denotations and connotations as documented in the literature of ancients and moderns. This language would serve the naturalist in his artistic patronage and his natural historical studies, where color was considered one of the most reliable signs for the correct identification of specimens, and a guarantee of accuracy in their illustration. Far from being an exception, Aldrovandi’s ‘color sensibility’ spoke of that of his university-educated nature-loving peers.


A new species and notes on unusual natural history of Cladochaeta Coquillett, 1900 (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4410 (3) ◽  
pp. 483 ◽  
Author(s):  
FERNANDO DA SILVA CARVALHO-FILHO ◽  
GABRIELA PIRANI ◽  
THIAGO GECHEL KLOSS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
First Record ◽  
The State ◽  
Female Specimen ◽  
Urban Garden ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Cladochaeta Coquillett (Diptera: Drosophilidae) is described, C. caxiuana sp. nov. from the Brazilian Amazon, based on 10 male and 10 female specimens obtained from nymphs of Sphodroscarta trivirgata (Amyot & Serville, 1843) (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Aphrophoridae). The female of Cladochaeta atlantica Pirani & Amorim, 2016 is described based on specimens reared from spider egg sacs of the spider Cryptachaea migrans (Keyserling, 1884) (Araneae: Theridiidae) obtained in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. This is the first record of this fly genus attacking a spider egg sac. The species Cladochaeta sororia (Williston, 1896) is recorded for the first time from Brazil, based on specimens collected in an urban garden in the Amazon. In addition, an unidentified female specimen of Cladochaeta Coquillett, 1900 was obtained from the cocoon of a spider wasp of the genus Notocyphus Smith (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). 

scholarly journals Choerades castellanii, new to Hungary (Diptera: Asilidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 80 ◽  
pp. 327-330
Author(s):  
Margaux Boeraeve ◽  
Zoltán Soltész ◽  
Ward Tamsyn
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
National Park ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Museum Specimens ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Hungarian Natural History Museum ◽  
First Time

Choerades castellanii (Hradský, 1962) is recorded from Hungary for the first time. This species was previously known only from Slovakia and Germany. Two specimens were identified from the Diptera Collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum and one specimen was caught while sitting on a pile of logs right outside the Bükk National Park. One of the museum specimens was caught close to the Croatian-Hungarian border, so the species can also be expected to be present in Croatia. With 5 figures.

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