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Correction made, thank you."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It was indeed. Correction made, thank you."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/4380234313967187895\/comments\/default\/4887449399384696524"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/4380234313967187895\/comments\/default\/4887449399384696524"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/09\/rove-by-riverside.html?showComment=1599706379960#c4887449399384696524","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/4380234313967187895\/comments\/default\/1414474589839781585"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Christopher 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ostrich foot shell?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"what lives inside of the ostrich foot 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I\u0026#39;ve heard of these c..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I indeed don\u0026#39;t think I\u0026#39;ve heard of these critters before. If I had I think I\u0026#39;d recall it given the homonymy with the Swiss canton of Grisons."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/6797583502855113442\/comments\/default\/6907347315623192941"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/6797583502855113442\/comments\/default\/6907347315623192941"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/08\/the-grisons.html?showComment=1598424719395#c6907347315623192941","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Andreas Johansson"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08802392912541974977"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/08\/the-grisons.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-6797583502855113442","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5460788270738656369/posts/default/6797583502855113442","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1747987243"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"26 August 2020 at 14:51"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-8093881207168665985"},"published":{"$t":"2020-08-11T22:11:06.652+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-08-11T22:11:06.652+08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Thank you"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Thank you"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/2543452789961840333\/comments\/default\/8093881207168665985"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/2543452789961840333\/comments\/default\/8093881207168665985"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/08\/mooching-off-relatives.html?showComment=1597155066652#c8093881207168665985","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/2543452789961840333\/comments\/default\/268875707028659473"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Andreas Johansson"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08802392912541974977"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/08\/mooching-off-relatives.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-2543452789961840333","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5460788270738656369/posts/default/2543452789961840333","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1747987243"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"11 August 2020 at 22:11"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-4355414598646619960"},"published":{"$t":"2020-08-11T20:53:54.115+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-08-11T20:53:54.115+08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Current indications (as found by the da Rocha Filh..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Current indications (as found by the da Rocha Filho \u0026amp; Packer 2017 study) are that the parasitic megachilins are a single clade but whether that clade is sister to or derived from within \u003Ci\u003EMegachile\u003C\/i\u003E is still uncertain.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere are a lot of cleptoparasitic lineages among bees; some are close relatives of their hosts, others are independent lineages. I\u0026#39;m not aware off the top of my head of any polyphyletic cleptoparasitic groups. I think polyphyly may have been suggested in the past for the \u003Ci\u003EPsithyrus\u003C\/i\u003E parasitic bumble bees (many of which mimic their host in appearance) but a quick google search indicates that this group is currently thought to be monophyletic (albeit a derived subgroup of regular bumble bees)."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/2543452789961840333\/comments\/default\/4355414598646619960"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/2543452789961840333\/comments\/default\/4355414598646619960"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/08\/mooching-off-relatives.html?showComment=1597150434115#c4355414598646619960","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/2543452789961840333\/comments\/default\/268875707028659473"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Christopher Taylor"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11075565866351612441"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/08\/mooching-off-relatives.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-2543452789961840333","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5460788270738656369/posts/default/2543452789961840333","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1431673259"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"11 August 2020 at 20:53"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-268875707028659473"},"published":{"$t":"2020-08-11T18:42:10.317+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-08-11T18:42:10.317+08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Couldn\u0026#39;t help but think of the Plocamiaceae po..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Couldn\u0026#39;t help but think of the Plocamiaceae post and wonder whether \u003Ci\u003EMegachile\u003C\/i\u003E may be paraphyletic, or even multiply paraphyletic, with respect to \u003Ci\u003ECoelioxys\u003C\/i\u003E. Has there been any genetic study? Or are there morphological traits that make this very unlikely?"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/2543452789961840333\/comments\/default\/268875707028659473"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/2543452789961840333\/comments\/default\/268875707028659473"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/08\/mooching-off-relatives.html?showComment=1597142530317#c268875707028659473","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Andreas Johansson"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08802392912541974977"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/08\/mooching-off-relatives.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-2543452789961840333","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5460788270738656369/posts/default/2543452789961840333","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1747987243"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"11 August 2020 at 18:42"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-4696942488020544059"},"published":{"$t":"2020-07-19T18:04:46.124+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-07-19T18:04:46.124+08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Corrections made, thank you for pointing them out...."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Corrections made, thank you for pointing them out. But I don\u0026#39;t think you can make too many claims for the superiority of Tasmanian devils considering that as soon as they were faced with pressure from a placental carnivore they just kind of folded."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/3412304123746610963\/comments\/default\/4696942488020544059"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/3412304123746610963\/comments\/default\/4696942488020544059"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/07\/predators-of-european-eocene.html?showComment=1595153086124#c4696942488020544059","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/3412304123746610963\/comments\/default\/6204768801921830844"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Christopher Taylor"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11075565866351612441"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/07\/predators-of-european-eocene.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-3412304123746610963","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5460788270738656369/posts/default/3412304123746610963","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1431673259"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"19 July 2020 at 18:04"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-6204768801921830844"},"published":{"$t":"2020-07-18T21:26:22.966+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-07-18T21:26:22.966+08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"You might want to edit the following two sentences..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"You might want to edit the following two sentences:\u003Cbr \/\u003E*************************************************************\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe earliest proviverrines are known from to the very beginning of the Eocene (Solé et al. 2014). Current thinking is that their ancestors probably immigrated into Europe time from Africa.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E************************************************************\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Carnivora may be widespread and various but surely the Tasmanian Devil dominates any list of living carnivores  (at least for most badass)."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/3412304123746610963\/comments\/default\/6204768801921830844"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/3412304123746610963\/comments\/default\/6204768801921830844"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/07\/predators-of-european-eocene.html?showComment=1595078782966#c6204768801921830844","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Pattock"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/00741004991950391554"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-hHT_3H0URbI\/VX3wPQTPsGI\/AAAAAAAAANk\/dH_Jrin2LfI\/s113\/Duvalia%252Bpolita%252B2.jpg\u0026container=blogger\u0026gadget=a\u0026rewriteMime=image\/*"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/07\/predators-of-european-eocene.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-3412304123746610963","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5460788270738656369/posts/default/3412304123746610963","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1749428820"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"18 July 2020 at 21:26"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-2633021529026178506"},"published":{"$t":"2020-07-18T16:06:05.391+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-07-18T16:06:05.391+08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"In the case of Oxyaenoides, at least, yes. There a..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"In the case of \u003Ci\u003EOxyaenoides\u003C\/i\u003E, at least, yes. There are a fair few \u0026#39;creodont\u0026#39; taxa whose position re Oxyaenidae vs Hyaenodontidae has been confused over the years with hypercarnivorous members of each being convergently quite similar."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/3412304123746610963\/comments\/default\/2633021529026178506"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/3412304123746610963\/comments\/default\/2633021529026178506"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/07\/predators-of-european-eocene.html?showComment=1595059565391#c2633021529026178506","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/3412304123746610963\/comments\/default\/8295591550936494587"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Christopher Taylor"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11075565866351612441"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/07\/predators-of-european-eocene.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-3412304123746610963","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5460788270738656369/posts/default/3412304123746610963","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1431673259"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"18 July 2020 at 16:06"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-8295591550936494587"},"published":{"$t":"2020-07-17T15:22:41.061+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-07-17T15:22:41.061+08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The names Oxyaenoides and Paenoxyaenides would see..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The names Oxyaenoides and Paenoxyaenides would seem to imply they were originally believed to be oxyaenids?"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/3412304123746610963\/comments\/default\/8295591550936494587"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/3412304123746610963\/comments\/default\/8295591550936494587"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/07\/predators-of-european-eocene.html?showComment=1594970561061#c8295591550936494587","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Andreas Johansson"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08802392912541974977"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/07\/predators-of-european-eocene.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-3412304123746610963","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5460788270738656369/posts/default/3412304123746610963","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1747987243"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"17 July 2020 at 15:22"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-8085189716544333811"},"published":{"$t":"2020-07-17T15:20:03.413+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-07-17T15:20:03.413+08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I think my personal blog-reading peaked in about 2..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I think my personal blog-reading peaked in about 2010. Nowadays there\u0026#39;s half a dozen I follow more or less regularly, three of which concern biology - a rather higher proportion than you might expect from a look at my library. 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Indeed, it would require the finding of multiple larvae: I\u0026#39;m guessing the developing larvae probably don\u0026#39;t move too far underground once they find a suitable food source, so the presence of only one food species in the gut of one individual would not demonstrate diet specificity in itself.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThough that does raise the question of how close to appropriate food sources would females deposit their eggs? Could we potentially recognise host specificity in chafers by observing whether females of a particular beetle species are attracted to particular plant species?"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/2471039479435347138\/comments\/default\/2361404366900040956"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/2471039479435347138\/comments\/default\/2361404366900040956"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/05\/colpochila-chafing-of-mega-genus.html?showComment=1589853568491#c2361404366900040956","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/2471039479435347138\/comments\/default\/9087697347971913878"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Christopher Taylor"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11075565866351612441"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/05\/colpochila-chafing-of-mega-genus.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-2471039479435347138","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5460788270738656369/posts/default/2471039479435347138","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1431673259"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"19 May 2020 at 09:59"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-8669255782806508022"},"published":{"$t":"2020-05-16T12:09:08.744+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-05-16T12:09:08.744+08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I\u0026#39;ve often wondered how one would go about fin..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I\u0026#39;ve often wondered how one would go about finding the food species of something like a subterraneum beetle larva - direct observation would seem impossible. DNA probes of gut contents perhaps?"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/2471039479435347138\/comments\/default\/8669255782806508022"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/2471039479435347138\/comments\/default\/8669255782806508022"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/05\/colpochila-chafing-of-mega-genus.html?showComment=1589602148744#c8669255782806508022","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/2471039479435347138\/comments\/default\/9087697347971913878"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Adam Yates"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03046084686097124394"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Do7Rsri5I6k\/UsEMaJgAmeI\/AAAAAAAAAcc\/jfRyp8u0jPg\/s220\/at%2BAlice%2Bpark.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/05\/colpochila-chafing-of-mega-genus.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-2471039479435347138","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5460788270738656369/posts/default/2471039479435347138","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-675142400"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"16 May 2020 at 12:09"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-6600457427133179845"},"published":{"$t":"2020-05-15T11:57:45.136+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-05-15T11:57:45.136+08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I would think that the chance of undescribed Colpo..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I would think that the chance of undescribed \u003Ci\u003EColpochila\u003C\/i\u003E species being out there is more than likely, especially in an area as sure to be under-surveyed as the Territory.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOne question I was wondering about after writing the post was whether there was any possibility of diversity being related to specialisation on particular larval food plants. That would be even harder to test though, seeing as our current knowledge of larval development for this genus is almost nil. You\u0026#39;ve probably have to find the larvae underground to survey their food habits (surely not easy) as well as somehow identify larvae to species, probably via molecular testing."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/2471039479435347138\/comments\/default\/6600457427133179845"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/2471039479435347138\/comments\/default\/6600457427133179845"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/05\/colpochila-chafing-of-mega-genus.html?showComment=1589515065136#c6600457427133179845","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/2471039479435347138\/comments\/default\/9087697347971913878"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Christopher Taylor"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11075565866351612441"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/05\/colpochila-chafing-of-mega-genus.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-2471039479435347138","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5460788270738656369/posts/default/2471039479435347138","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1431673259"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"15 May 2020 at 11:57"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-9087697347971913878"},"published":{"$t":"2020-05-13T16:36:42.682+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-05-13T16:36:42.682+08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I\u0026#39;m skeptical of the \u0026#39;patchy rain hypothes..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I\u0026#39;m skeptical of the \u0026#39;patchy rain hypothesis\u0026#39; but it strikes me that aspects of it should be testable - with a robust alpha taxonomy and phylogeny. I wonder if either will ever be forthcoming?\u003Cbr \/\u003EI\u0026#39;m pretty sure I\u0026#39;ve collected an undescribed \u003Ci\u003EColpochila\u003C\/i\u003E from an apparently quite restricted geographic range (single rocky gorge) around Alice Springs, whereas my experience with Heteronyx is more than half of what you find won\u0026#39;t key to species."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/2471039479435347138\/comments\/default\/9087697347971913878"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/2471039479435347138\/comments\/default\/9087697347971913878"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/05\/colpochila-chafing-of-mega-genus.html?showComment=1589359002682#c9087697347971913878","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Adam Yates"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03046084686097124394"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Do7Rsri5I6k\/UsEMaJgAmeI\/AAAAAAAAAcc\/jfRyp8u0jPg\/s220\/at%2BAlice%2Bpark.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/05\/colpochila-chafing-of-mega-genus.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-2471039479435347138","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5460788270738656369/posts/default/2471039479435347138","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-675142400"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"13 May 2020 at 16:36"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-3367281485272402837"},"published":{"$t":"2020-05-07T22:14:57.691+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-05-07T22:14:57.691+08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Thanks :)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Thanks :)"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/3111584024552655400\/comments\/default\/3367281485272402837"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/3111584024552655400\/comments\/default\/3367281485272402837"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/05\/the-cervini-deer-of-temperate-eurasia.html?showComment=1588860897691#c3367281485272402837","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/3111584024552655400\/comments\/default\/8694929145430356729"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Andreas Johansson"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08802392912541974977"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/05\/the-cervini-deer-of-temperate-eurasia.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-3111584024552655400","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5460788270738656369/posts/default/3111584024552655400","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1747987243"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"7 May 2020 at 22:14"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-710678094678572495"},"published":{"$t":"2020-05-07T20:25:11.679+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-05-07T20:25:11.679+08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I\u0026#39;m surprised by how small the roe deer is. I ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I\u0026#39;m surprised by how small the roe deer is. I didn\u0026#39;t realize it was smaller then most white-tail. There\u0026#39;s a north-south size gradient along with an east-west gradient in white-tail size. Along the south and east coast white-tail are much smaller then the ones in the Rocky Mountains and in the north-central states. Centuries of trophy hunting might contribute to the difference in the eastern region.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI should add American wapiti are huge animals. Quite a bit larger then then red deer and most other Cervus. The Roosevelt subspecies, bulls and cows, weigh in more then 260 kg and the biggest bulls up to 550 kg. The Rocky Mountain type are over 225 kg and individuals of both types with lots of food and less hunting pressure get much larger. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe PNW has has the smallest type of Eurasian elk, the Shiras moose, which weighs in 230-344 kg, it\u0026#39;s not uncommon to see Roosevelt elk bulls that are much bigger! Records show the \u0026#39;eastern elk\u0026#39;, Cervus canadensis canadensis, before it was extirpated, was closer in size to the Roosevelt type then the Rocky Mountain type, up to 455 kg. You can see why the British colonists, who hadn\u0026#39;t seen \u0026#39;German elk\u0026#39; would confuse the two animals.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe big difference besides size between the American deer and wapiti is the herding tendency of wapiti. Usually you see deer individually or in groups less then a dozen. It\u0026#39;s rare to see a lone wapiti. The females especially will form large herds, 20-30 animals are common and if there\u0026#39;s lots of food and no predators more then 50. You can do a double take when you see that many large animals together, your brain trying to process what you\u0026#39;re seeing. Of course their effect on the landscape is huge, their feeding and bedding areas are criss crossed with their highways, droppings, and escape chutes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENone of the subspecies are threatened but individual herds fluctuate in population and can become endangered in a hurry. There\u0026#39;s a new disease threatening populations in SW Washington state, called Elk Hoof Disease. It\u0026#39;s an infection caused by Treponeme bacteria that causes the elk\u0026#39;s foot to basically rot off. Similar to Treponeme infections that effect cattle, goats, and sheep. It\u0026#39;s spreading quickly, 20-90% of the animals in some herds can be seen limping. It\u0026#39;s a depressing topic, in the last decade and especially over the last 2 years it\u0026#39;s traveled north almost to Canada, south into Oregon and east of the Cascades. It\u0026#39;s transmitted through contact, either through the environment or animal to animal. Hopefully the spreading population of the only real predator of American wapiti besides man, the grey wolf, will check the disease by eliminating the sick animals. They haven\u0026#39;t reached the part of the state effected but they will over the next decade. Didn\u0026#39;t mean to do this detailed of another post but wapiti are great animals and there\u0026#39;s a lot of topics to talk about.."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/3111584024552655400\/comments\/default\/710678094678572495"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/3111584024552655400\/comments\/default\/710678094678572495"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/05\/the-cervini-deer-of-temperate-eurasia.html?showComment=1588854311679#c710678094678572495","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"kmichael"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/05430854438111260663"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/05\/the-cervini-deer-of-temperate-eurasia.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-3111584024552655400","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5460788270738656369/posts/default/3111584024552655400","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1318229891"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"7 May 2020 at 20:25"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-6146689885879003822"},"published":{"$t":"2020-05-07T05:38:18.113+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-05-07T05:38:18.113+08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"It looks like the Cervus-Rucervus divide may go ba..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It looks like the \u003Ci\u003ECervus\u003C\/i\u003E-\u003Ci\u003ERucervus\u003C\/i\u003E divide may go back to the early Pliocene. The modern \u003Ci\u003ECervus\u003C\/i\u003E species diverged during the late Pliocene."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/3111584024552655400\/comments\/default\/6146689885879003822"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/3111584024552655400\/comments\/default\/6146689885879003822"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/05\/the-cervini-deer-of-temperate-eurasia.html?showComment=1588801098113#c6146689885879003822","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/3111584024552655400\/comments\/default\/8694929145430356729"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Christopher Taylor"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11075565866351612441"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/05\/the-cervini-deer-of-temperate-eurasia.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-3111584024552655400","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5460788270738656369/posts/default/3111584024552655400","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1431673259"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"7 May 2020 at 05:38"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-716313636667935496"},"published":{"$t":"2020-05-07T05:28:41.709+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-05-07T05:28:41.709+08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Thanks for the detailed comment. I\u0026#39;ve incorpor..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Thanks for the detailed comment. I\u0026#39;ve incorporated your correction into the post. I must admit, I had a mental picture of white-tail deer as smaller, less imposing animals."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/3111584024552655400\/comments\/default\/716313636667935496"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/3111584024552655400\/comments\/default\/716313636667935496"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/05\/the-cervini-deer-of-temperate-eurasia.html?showComment=1588800521709#c716313636667935496","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5460788270738656369\/3111584024552655400\/comments\/default\/3250847174939613868"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Christopher Taylor"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11075565866351612441"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2020\/05\/the-cervini-deer-of-temperate-eurasia.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-3111584024552655400","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5460788270738656369/posts/default/3111584024552655400","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1431673259"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"7 May 2020 at 05:28"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-3250847174939613868"},"published":{"$t":"2020-05-06T19:35:35.163+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-05-06T19:35:35.163+08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I\u0026#39;m not particularly interested in Bambi but i..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I\u0026#39;m not particularly interested in Bambi but in the movie Bambi was not a Wapiti. Different sources mention him either being a Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) or White Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus). From memory and looking at images from the movie I\u0026#39;m certain he\u0026#39;s a White Tailed Deer. It\u0026#39;s the most common deer in America, is fairly homogeneous across it\u0026#39;s range, and has an attractive appearance. I\u0026#39;m certain the majority of Americans have not seen a Wapiti.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Mule Deer appears only on the western part of the continent and is more diverse as a species. Recently I visited the Olympic Peninsula with a friend and viewed a few Black Tailed Deer (O. h. columbianus). He\u0026#39;s spent most of his life outdoors, including as a hunter, and I annoyed him purposefully by calling the Black Tails \u0026#39;Mulies\u0026#39;. The differences between the subspecies couldn\u0026#39;t be more apparent and a hunter would never confuse the two. The Black Tail looked tiny, especially as we\u0026#39;d just viewed Roosevelt Elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti), the largest type of Wapiti. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Roosevelt Elk herd was about 15 females and one male. Their winter coat was a beautiful golden hue, glowing in the morning sun. After the Wapiti the little Black Tail we had the best look looked miniature. It had a strange almost greenish mossy color to it\u0026#39;s pelt. Probably a yearling living on it\u0026#39;s own for the first time. Very different from the much larger Mule Deer living 40 miles east in the Cascade Mountains. There\u0026#39;s a noticeable grade in Washington state, as you go west the Mule Deer become smaller. No doubt from hybridization. East of the Cascades they\u0026#39;re a large powerful animal. 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