Variety of Life
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Entomologist, taxonomist, Antipodean
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The tropical trees that once dominated Europe:
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varietyoflife.net/symplocos-su...
November 23, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The tropical trees that once dominated Europe:
varietyoflife.net/symplocos-su...
varietyoflife.net/symplocos-su...
The Tectofilosida, a notable group of armoured amoeboids: varietyoflife.net/tectofilosida/
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
The Tectofilosida, a notable group of armoured amoeboids: varietyoflife.net/tectofilosida/
Secretly shovelling, squamate-slurping snakes: varietyoflife.net/brachyurophis/
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Secretly shovelling, squamate-slurping snakes: varietyoflife.net/brachyurophis/
Ant mimicry obscures ground beetle relationships: varietyoflife.net/odacanthini/
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Ant mimicry obscures ground beetle relationships: varietyoflife.net/odacanthini/
The challenge of crinoids: trying to get one's anus as far away from oneself as possible.
varietyoflife.net/texacrinacea/
varietyoflife.net/texacrinacea/
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The challenge of crinoids: trying to get one's anus as far away from oneself as possible.
varietyoflife.net/texacrinacea/
varietyoflife.net/texacrinacea/
Ever wondered what makes those little round bumps on the undersides of eucalypt leaves? The answer is wasps:
varietyoflife.net/ophelimus/
varietyoflife.net/ophelimus/
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Ever wondered what makes those little round bumps on the undersides of eucalypt leaves? The answer is wasps:
varietyoflife.net/ophelimus/
varietyoflife.net/ophelimus/
Writing a post on the mite genus _Pygmephorus_ proved damn near impossible. I had a hard enough time even pinning down what exactly _Pygmephorus_ was:
varietyoflife.net/pygmephorus/
varietyoflife.net/pygmephorus/
November 8, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Writing a post on the mite genus _Pygmephorus_ proved damn near impossible. I had a hard enough time even pinning down what exactly _Pygmephorus_ was:
varietyoflife.net/pygmephorus/
varietyoflife.net/pygmephorus/
Who wants a man with too many mussels?
varietyoflife.net/mytilidae/
varietyoflife.net/mytilidae/
November 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Who wants a man with too many mussels?
varietyoflife.net/mytilidae/
varietyoflife.net/mytilidae/
A look at three basal families of Australasian songbirds: varietyoflife.net/euoscines/
Euoscines – Variety of Life
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September 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
A look at three basal families of Australasian songbirds: varietyoflife.net/euoscines/
Sometimes coming up with a good post title is a real stretch, or even impossible. Sometimes, however, they just kind of write themselves. Today's effort on anchovies was definitely the latter: varietyoflife.net/stolephorus/
September 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Sometimes coming up with a good post title is a real stretch, or even impossible. Sometimes, however, they just kind of write themselves. Today's effort on anchovies was definitely the latter: varietyoflife.net/stolephorus/
The complicated sex organs of milkweeds: varietyoflife.net/asclepias/
September 15, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The complicated sex organs of milkweeds: varietyoflife.net/asclepias/
A string of chambers made from sand grains: varietyoflife.net/hormosinida/
September 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
A string of chambers made from sand grains: varietyoflife.net/hormosinida/
Giant metallic leaf beetles of South America: varietyoflife.net/eumolpus/
September 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Giant metallic leaf beetles of South America: varietyoflife.net/eumolpus/
The system for gall midges still hasn't settled down: varietyoflife.net/oligotrophini/
September 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The system for gall midges still hasn't settled down: varietyoflife.net/oligotrophini/
Kazacharthrans are monster branchiopods from the Triassic of central Asia, like the fake giant tadpole shrimp meme but real:
varietyoflife.net/calmanostraca/
varietyoflife.net/calmanostraca/
August 13, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Kazacharthrans are monster branchiopods from the Triassic of central Asia, like the fake giant tadpole shrimp meme but real:
varietyoflife.net/calmanostraca/
varietyoflife.net/calmanostraca/
Silurian-Devonian brachiopods that lived like scallops: varietyoflife.net/stropheodont...
August 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Silurian-Devonian brachiopods that lived like scallops: varietyoflife.net/stropheodont...
varietyoflife.net has reached the mind-bending total of 6000 pages, with this entry on some stunning sea slugs: varietyoflife.net/flabellinidae/
August 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
varietyoflife.net has reached the mind-bending total of 6000 pages, with this entry on some stunning sea slugs: varietyoflife.net/flabellinidae/
Tourism may not be good news for woolly bats: varietyoflife.net/kerivoulinae/
July 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Tourism may not be good news for woolly bats: varietyoflife.net/kerivoulinae/
The Nocardioidaceae: obscure bacteria that could be key to cleaning up some of the world's worst pollution.
varietyoflife.net/nocardioidac...
varietyoflife.net/nocardioidac...
July 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The Nocardioidaceae: obscure bacteria that could be key to cleaning up some of the world's worst pollution.
varietyoflife.net/nocardioidac...
varietyoflife.net/nocardioidac...
Forked fimbry, a globe-trotting weed, and its closest associates: varietyoflife.net/fimbristylis...
July 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Forked fimbry, a globe-trotting weed, and its closest associates: varietyoflife.net/fimbristylis...
These amphipods are obviously ripping into something, but I don't know what: varietyoflife.net/pakynidae/
July 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
These amphipods are obviously ripping into something, but I don't know what: varietyoflife.net/pakynidae/
Find out about small boring moths: varietyoflife.net/chiloini/
July 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Find out about small boring moths: varietyoflife.net/chiloini/
Strepsipterans and their tiny larvae, that may actively launch themselves from their mother's birth canal in search of a host: varietyoflife.net/strepsiptera/
July 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Strepsipterans and their tiny larvae, that may actively launch themselves from their mother's birth canal in search of a host: varietyoflife.net/strepsiptera/
A beetle mite straddling the line between higher and lower: varietyoflife.net/hermanniidae/
July 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
A beetle mite straddling the line between higher and lower: varietyoflife.net/hermanniidae/