Air's Wild Acres
Small goats and small batch cheesemaking on a small farm, all with big laughs.
Author: Ariel Rivers
Latest posts
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Excited Scientists?
I’ve had several interactions with people in the last few weeks which have lead me to question what level of enthusiasm is “appropriate” for science. Quite commonly I am one of the loudest and most… Read more
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“If you got a tattoo of an insect…
… what would it be?” one of my friends recently asked me (who, has a tattoo of a green lacewing). In the few days prior to that, I had spent some time working with an… Read more
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Podcasts, selfies, and specimens
One of my entomology colleagues, Brittany Dodson, and I were recently discussing the idea of starting a blog. I had commented that I rarely post anything in my actual blog, and the most recent post… Read more
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Sentinel Waxworms
I expanded my sentinel waxworm sampling to include more samples early in the Spring. While we’ve been sampling with waxworms after crop emergence for several years, this year I wanted to see if we could… Read more
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Insect IDs
Recently, I was asked why entomologists spend so much time google image searching arthropods for something similar to a specimen they are trying to ID. I can’t speak for anyone else, but for me, it… Read more
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Echinopla melanarctos
Echinopla melanarctos I want it. Came across this guy randomly while trying to ID a minute beetle with fossorial legs (in part, by googling “Minute beetle with fossorial legs”). HT Splendor Awaits. Nobile, April, photographer… Read more
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Inspiration
A conversation I just had with a 41 year old coworker: Me: Where did you meet your wife? Him: In Tierra del Fuego Me: Aww! That’s one of the places my Grampa rode his motorcycle… Read more
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Exploring Texcoco de Mora.
CIMMYT is located about 5 km from the town of Texcoco de Mora, which is roughly 25 kilometers north and east of Mexico City. Apparently, Texcoco was once a major Aztec city, located on a… Read more
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