The
Grassland Biome - Biomechanics - Great Plains Biodiversity -
Insects - Fossil
Insects - World Biodiversity - Personal Info
- Odonata
(Dragonflies & Damselflies) - Robber
Flies (Diptera: Asilidae)
Roy Beckemeyer is a retired
Aeronautical Engineer with a deep and abiding interest in natural history.
He studies the taxonomy and biology of dragonflies, robber flies, and other
insects, Paleozoic fossil insects, and the biomechanics and evolution of flight in
nature. He is on the editorial boards of The Journal of the Kansas
Entomological Society, Odonatologica and Notulae odonatologicae,
and is Co-editor of The Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science.
"What
fine opportunities for geology & for studying the infinite host of living
beings: is not this a prospect to keep up the most flagging spirit? If I
was to throw it away, I don't think I should ever rest quiet in my
grave..." - Charles Darwin commenting on his opportunity to become
naturalist on the Beagle voyage in a letter to his sister Catherine Darwin, 22
May, 1833
Photo,
right and background - A tree and prairie
grasses bending in a 35+ mph wind howling across Clark County, Kansas.
Photographed May, 2000 by the author at Clark Co. State Lake.
-
The Grassland Biome
-
Prairie
Ecology / Dragonflies of Kansas Collecting
Areas / Insects of "The Creek" -
Butler Co. KS
-
Biomechanics
- Flight in nature:
Photos / Video
Sequences /
Bibliography /
Links to specific studies of functional morphology in
extant and fossil animals
-
Biodiversity of the Great Plains
- River
Ecology / Ornithology
& birdwatching / Great Plains Biodiversity Links
-
Insects - ODONATA
(Dragonflies & Damselflies) ~ Lepidoptera
(Butterflies & Moths) / Diptera
Asilidae (ROBBER FLIES) / Diptera: Empididae (Dance
Flies) / Cicadidae: Cicadas / Aquatic
Entomology / Neuropterida
(Lacewings, Owlflies, Mantisflies, Dobsonflies, Ant Lions, etc) /
Embiidina (Webspinners)
/ Dung Beetles -
Tiger Beetles / Selected
Bibliographies / Aspects
of Insect Biology / Links
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Fossil Insects -
Paleoentomology
of Kansas and Oklahoma: Elmo, Midco, Hamilton /
Flight-related
Morphology of Meganeurid Wings / Fossil Insect Publications / Links to pages on Meganeurids and other
palaeoentomology subjects
-
Biodiversity of the world
- Anarctica
/ Belize / Down House
(Darwin's Home) / English Damselflies / Peru /
Thailand
/ India /
DSA 2001 Meeting /
DSA 2002 Meeting / DSA
2003 Meeting / Texas Butterfly Festival / Nicaragua
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Personal Info
-
Labradors
/ Scientific Papers / Poetry
/ Pat
Beckemeyer's Garden / Jazz
/
Family Tree /
History
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