about me / about this
About Cosmin-Ovidiu Manci
Hello everyone and welcome to my website!
Like you have already seen or maybe you know my name is Cosmin Ovidiu Manci and I worked as a biologist at the Retezat National Park Administration in Romania. From 1 september 2009 I left the job from Retezat National Park and now I try to concentrate more on my PhD.
Ever since I was a young boy I was passionate about nature, plants, bugs, animals…you name it. I used to spend endless hours surrounded by a fantastic world, and as I grew up this feeling didn’t leave (I think that only grow with me at the same time). After finishing primary school I continued my studies at the Forestry Highschool in Timișoara, and after this, one of the obvious choices (at least for me) was to study Biology. This was done at Timișoara West University. I finished my MSc and PhD at the “Babeș–Bolyai” University in Cluj working on dragonflies.
During these years I was involved in different projects and published several papers.
Any time it is possible I try to freeze some of the moments I am fortunate to see in nature. I do this in photos… and all these websites are in part because of this.
If interested in my scientific activity the best will be to see my account on Research Gate.
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About this website
What about this website?
On this website I am trying to put together a photo album for insects that I find and photograph in my trips, but also I try to put there (in time) some information about species. Here will be all insects with the exceptions of dragonflies from Romania, dragonflies from Greece and Lepidoptera (just click on links to go on that pages).
So… this is a photo album with insects and hope that in future more informations will be added.
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Mottos:
DSLR Collecting Saves Lives!
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“Only after the last tree has been cut down,
only after the last river has been poisoned,
only after the last fish has been caught,
only then will you find that money can not be eaten.”
an old indian sayingn saying
November 26th, 2012 at 6:43 pm
Hi Cosmin, I very like your website. Excellent photos! If You like I have some interesting faunistic records of several Coleoptera from czech villages in Banat. I am interested especially in Scarabaeidae and Meloidae. I wish You much success in your work. Milos
December 7th, 2012 at 6:57 am
Hi Milos,
Thank you, I have sent an email to you.
Cosmin
September 22nd, 2013 at 10:26 am
Dear Colleague,
my name is Jan Pelikán. I am interested in the family Chrysomelidae PL (Cassidinae, Cryptocephalinae, Cassidinae W, but other groups). I live in Czech Republic, Hradec Králové. I am interested to cooperate with you and exchanging beetles. I can offer you many rare and interesting species. I have many species in Central and Eastern Europe. I collected also in Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria, Makedonia, Spain, Portugal, France, Canary Isl…
Writing for your news.
Regards
Jan
February 25th, 2014 at 4:29 pm
email sent.
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September 13th, 2015 at 1:51 pm
Hi,
may I take some of your photos for my Determination keys of European beetles? Of Course, you will always be mentioned as author.
September 14th, 2015 at 3:33 am
email sent.
July 20th, 2018 at 12:21 am
Hi Cosmin,
I am preparing a university lecture for master students on plant-herbivore interactions and found some of your pictures very useful. Would you be happy if I show some of them? Of course with citing you as the author.
Kind regards,
Michael