Recently, Entomologist Liu Ye
has become a hot search

40-year-old Liu Ye is National Animal Museum
Insect Exhibition Area Planner
Also an entomologist
Research insects 18 years
A total of 19 new species were discovered

Recently,
To popularize insects to more people
He took out thousands of specimens and tens of thousands of fossils
I also shared many interesting insects online.
attracted a lot of people to learn
. Liu Ye said:
Every fossil was mined by him or found
or



In the comment section,
Even people who were afraid of seeing insects actually said they fell in love with it...

The names of four insects are his name
Liu Ye loved nature when he was very young
For his own interests and hobbies
He was a computer major in college
self-study insect-related textbook
When he was in the postgraduate entrance examination, he changed to Entomology
Entering Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
He was busy writing papers
while immersing in the field science examination

Liu Ye’s short video screenshot
“Liu Ye’s deep mountains stag raft harbor ”
is the first step beetle
at that time he was expensive Zhou Fanjingshan Science and Technology
Walking in the forest at night
Seeing the distant farmhouse with dim lights
There were many insects around tungsten filament light bulbs
He quickly copied the web
As a result, he captured several large beetles
Later, he took these beetles back to his colleagues to study
0 The other party found that the insect belonged to a new species
To express his gratitude
and named it by Liu Ye's name

So far, four insects have been named after Liu Ye's name
In Liu Ye's opinion,
does insect research is not easy
requires in-depth knowledge reserves
also requires a long cycle
After catching insects in the wild
Liu Ye often has to conduct a large number of investigations
Use professional knowledge of animal geography, taxonomy, etc.
narrow the scope of the insect
He once compared more than 200 species in order to define a beetle
He said that entomology is not an unpopular discipline
"Insects can be said to be people One of the most exposed groups in life is
. But many times, people's fear of insects
comes from uncertainty -
does not understand whether they are in danger,
is the most familiar stranger. "
So, unraveling these misunderstandings has become an important starting point for Liu Ye to do popular science


The course of beetles, and it is not too much to go through 100 sections
Liu Ye Douyin
"Entomology liuye"
Order Having already had 46,000 fans
received 835,000 likes

In order to capture the insect you want
He often set out in the evening
stayed in the wild until one or two o'clock in the morning
In the 147 works he has published
You can see
fossils on the spot and found that Silurian
Trilobite mud tuberculosis,
Two narrow roads met and then started fighting
Unicorn Immortal ,
There are also
lichen caterpillars that are disguised as almost as one of the tree trunks...

Source: Douyin @Entomology liuye
Nowadays, short videos have become one of the important carriers for the dissemination of knowledge in
and entomology is a subject suitable for popular science

Liu Ye Some short video screenshots
Liu Ye said
beetle species is the sum of other animal species on the earth and
"The beetle course,
is not too much on 100 sections on
".

Liu Ye is doing popular science for children
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China Youth Daily (ID: zqbcyol compiled by: Zhang Xiaosong) comprehensive.
Source: China Youth Daily