ایک خوفناک چھوٹے تیتلی

زندگی بھر موجودگی میں ایک ایک بار, a bilateral gynandromorph. مختصر میں, سیل فرق کے دوران ایک خرابی غیر متناسب گنسوتر پیٹرن پیدا کرتا ہے, جس بالغ کیڑے میں غیر متناسب جنسی اظہار کی طرف جاتا ہے. اگر آپ مندرجہ بالا لنک پر کلک نہیں کیا ہے, ایسا, یہ کچھ خوفناک تصاویر کے ساتھ ایک بہترین وضاحت ہے.

واپس تیتلی کرنے کے لئے. I was in the field this March just above the middle fork of the American River on the hunt for Xanthothrix, with me was Brian Hansen and Bob Patterson. Bob and I were on a mission, to locate a remote patch of Coreopsis high on serpentine soils, and to find our rare little moth. Brian came along to enjoy the day and explore the butterfly fauna. While Bob and I hiked ahead anxious to see if the days hike would be worth it, Brian stopped frequently to net passing leps. It was probably less than an hour out from the car when we hear form behind us on the trail “Hey guys… I think I just caught a gynandromorph!!!” ٹھیک ہے, I was skeptical. Bob and I approached to see Brian holding a little blue in his hand, which unmistakably, was a bilateral gynandromorph. I was blown away. Bob has over 50 years of experience as an avid lepidopterist and has never seen one of these in the wild. To make this feat even more impressive, this small blue butterfly is one of the commonest insects in the American west in the spring. آج, they were puddling in great numbers along the trail, and I hadn’t even stopped to blink at one. Brian just netted a one in a million catch. Perhaps it is the curse of a jaded lepidopterist that will keep me from such once in a lifetime discovery; but I know I will be looking closer at even the commonest butterfly as it wings by me.

So as you can see the butterfly is exactly half male and half female (the right side is female). If you look very closely you can even see a perfect vertical line bisecting the body if the insect (looks like a photoshop edit almost), gynandromorphism after-all is expressed throughout the entire body and even the genitalia are contorted into strange shapes.

The specimen is in Brian Hansen’s personal collection, and you can find the images hosted on the Butterflies of America website.