Чарговая частка Genius of Press, і, магчыма, трохі софтбол. (Ах, іх лёгка знайсці) Who can tell me whats wrong with Гэты артыкул?
Геній прэсы, v. IVЧарговая частка Genius of Press, і, магчыма, трохі софтбол. (Ах, іх лёгка знайсці) Who can tell me whats wrong with Гэты артыкул?
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Добра, I’m no moth expert, but that picture is not Copitarsia or any other noctuid.
Больш за тое, “the Noctuid Moth”? As if Copitarsia is the only representative of this humongous family – what are there, several tens of thousands of species?
The picture figures a Brahmaeidae!!!!
Exactly! Maurizio hit the nail on the head with the correct family ID for the moth, it is most likely Brahmaea hearseyi (Brahmaeidae), which is closely related to a silk moth. Not only is the family way off, but these moths are from Malaysia.
Ted pointed out another important fact. A “Noctuid” moth is a type of moth, not one species (one of tens of thousands). The way they worded the article was painful… “the Noctuid moth”!
Another example of ridiculously bad science journalism.
Australia’s population of fire ants are always appearing in the press, and I’ve lost count of the number of times I have seen other families of ant depicted. Can’t be that hard to find a genuine Solenopsis pic…
Акрамя таго…I just wanted to say what a stunning moth that is. Not seen one before.
(Ах… and nice blog!)