Each nature enthusiast can be an entomologist
4. Apr 2025 at 13:23
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Space Gardens It is not only for crop production. It also brings us the development of mental health and knowledge of nature. One of the most fascinating areas we come into contact with every day is the insect realm.
When we sit down in the garden on the bench, the world seems to have stopped for a while. In those few moments we observe the diverse inhabitants of this place. First, the chirping birds will keep our eyes, but gradually the scent of vision is directed to graceful butterflies and other pollinators flying over the flower beds of spring flowers.
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If we focus in even close proximity, we are interested in the ants carrying the prey into their anthill or ladybug hunting aphids on fresh rose leaves.
Unfortunately, the hectic world of our personal and professional lives, unfortunately, prevents us many times in similar observations of nature miracles. However, if you focus on them, it may become a passion for the rest of your life.
The Earth’s microcosm discovers a separate zoology field called Entomology. If you imagine a man with a net attached to a stick or a man attracting a woman to a collection of butterflies when reading the word entomologist, you will not be far from the truth.
Czechoslovakia as an entomological superpower
On January 17, 1904, 20 entomologists gathered at the Hotel at the Austrian Emperor in Prague to prepare statutes for the newly emerging Czech company Entomological. The main initiator was high school professor František Klapálek, who also became its first chairman.
Ten years later, the number of members increased to 138, but the development of society significantly slowed the arrival of the First World War. New growth occurred only after the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia.
(Source: Adobe Stock)The subsequent Czechoslovak Society Entomological Society had 551 members at the end of World War II and its boom culminated only in 1985, when the number of entomologists reached the number 1365.
In parallel since 1957, the Slovak Entomological Society at the SAS, which had more than 200 members in its best years, has also developed. In relation to the overall population, Czechoslovakia had demonstrably one of the largest concentrations of entomologists in the world.
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The varied geomorphological structure of Slovakia gives sufficient foundations for the emergence of remarkable biodiversity. Almost everything can be found in a relatively small area: from the floodplain forests of the roaring Danube through the sand dunes of Záhorie, various steppe and agrarian habitats, colorful types of forests and forests to majestic mountains with a rough cold climate.
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Every twist of our country thus guests the unique communities of insects and other organisms that are essentially related to these living conditions.
It is no wonder that Slovakia has given the world a number of recognized naturalists.
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