While I should be working on my PhD thesis, things have been crazy around our Boston Harbor Islands project. End of 2012, I started a...
Parasites of parasites: blood-sucking bat flies infected with enigmatic Laboulbeniales fungi
Bats (Chiroptera) sustain highly diverse communities of invertebrate parasites. Two families of flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae and...
Expecting the unexpected: Looking for lady beetles and their parasites
THAT MORNING WE DECIDED TO work in a radically different way. No more collecting in the highlands of Chiriquí. No more collecting in...
Parasietschimmels op mieren
(uit Forum Formicidarum nr. 17 (1), 2016) Onderzoek in de mycologische wereld brengt ons nog vaak leuke verrassingen. Er is sprake van...
In the field: Panama, pt. 3
This is my third time in Panama and again: I am having a blast! In collaboration with the Bat Lab in Gamboa my students and myself went...
Wat een dag
Wat een dag. Het is 22 maart 2016. Ik zou normaal een presentatie geven voor de leden van de Koninklijke Academie voor Overzeese...
In the field: Panama, pt. 2
This is my before-last day in Panama. It was the second time I was here for collecting purposes, and I had yet another blast. When I came...
De jacht op vleermuizen en hyperparasitaire schimmels
Vandaag is het zover: na maandenlange voorbereidingen om bij Dr. Rachel Page‘s collectievergunning toegevoegd te worden is het...
Fungal hunters on Peddocks Island
Last week I was out on Peddocks Island, one of the 34 islands that form the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation area (BHI). Over...
