Catalogue of Organisms

Platyschisma helicoides , from Knight et al. (1960). In an earlier post on this site, I commented on some of the various ways that gast...

There are many contenders for the title of most stunning-looking insect but there is no question that the jewel beetles have a place among t...

Forewing and fore tibia of Siniamphipsocus fusconervosus , from Mockford (2003). Scale bar for the femur = 0.1 mm. For my next semi-rando...

I'm pretty sure I've commented before that, although most of us tend to associate the word 'fungi' with mushrooms and other ...

Rockweed Silvetia compressa , from here . Silvetia compressa is a species of brown alga found on shorelines on the western coast of Nort...

Apparently, this is the 1000 th post to appear at Catalogue of Organisms. When I first started this site , over ten years ago, I don't...

A bandicoot is a very disagreeable animal to clean, therefore it should be done as soon after killing as possible, and then the flesh can be...