Saturday, 10 August 2013

What do you want to be when you grow up? 
I want to be an Entomologist!           
One of the most wonderful and mesmerising subjects to look and study for hours.  This example was taken from The Melbourne Museum who have an enormous array of entomology collections.
Entrapped Butterfly Collection
     



Entomology is the analysis of insect life which can help to establish the time of death of an individual.  
Of course I can not speak of such thing without the introduction of one of the most respected naturalists known to man... 
Charles Robert Darwin.  
'His primary area of expertise is the development of species over time'.
http://www.esc-sec.org/charles-darwin-and-his-work/                               
Starting from top left- Dave, Paul, Steve, Mark...










The word insect dates back to 1600, from the Latin word insectum, meaning "with a notched or divided body", or literally "cut into"





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