Comments on: New Species: Crypticerya bursera http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/new-species-crypticerya-bursera/ Insects, Photography, Life Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:41:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: myrmecos http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/new-species-crypticerya-bursera/#comment-481 myrmecos Sat, 03 May 2008 19:09:15 +0000 http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/?p=477#comment-481 Baja is a pretty poorly-collected part of the world, so it wouldn't surprise me if there are plenty more around on other Elephant trees. Scale insects often cannot be identified without some time-consuming specimen preparation on slide mounts, so new species aren't often recognized until well after they were collected from the field. Baja is a pretty poorly-collected part of the world, so it wouldn’t surprise me if there are plenty more around on other Elephant trees.

Scale insects often cannot be identified without some time-consuming specimen preparation on slide mounts, so new species aren’t often recognized until well after they were collected from the field.

]]> By: Aydin http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/new-species-crypticerya-bursera/#comment-473 Aydin Thu, 01 May 2008 18:09:03 +0000 http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/?p=477#comment-473 If they cut down that particular elephant tree, will the species go extinct? I wonder if it was introduced from somewhere else. If they cut down that particular elephant tree, will the species go extinct? I wonder if it was introduced from somewhere else.

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