Tus npauj thiab kuv #12

Txais tos tus npauj thiab kuv #12, thiab kuv thawj blog carnival. Dua li ntawm blogging rau ob peb hlis kuv tsis tau rov qab mus saib thiab yuav muaj kev cuam tshuam rau koj raws nraim li kuv los ua enamored nrog lepidoptera ua tus xub place. Sau tsis tau ib lub sij hawm los sis qhov chaw nyob qhov no tshwm sim yog tsis, thiab li ntau kuv lug txhawb cov miv thiab kuv ntau kom paub meej txog kuv nyeem, Kuv muaj ib tug npauj npaim nqa thiab “tiam sis tawb” ua tes thaum kuv yuav mus. Thaum nws los txog rau entomology kuv ntseeg tias yuav luag txhua tus neeg poob hlub thaum xub thawj uas loj thiab striking kab. Rau kuv yog tus npauj npaim, lawm. Kuv yuav nco ntsoov no txom teev nyob hauv ntau haiv Ornithoptera thiab Papilio illustrated hauv Paul Smart phau ntawv nto moo. Qhov chaw raws li in pursuit of tej yam tshiab kuv pib leeb rau hauv lub ntiaj teb nocturnal. Npaub comprise feem ntau ntawm cov Lepidoptera ntau haiv; los yog ze li ntawm 11,000 hom nyob hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas, xwb ob peb hundred yog butterflies. Qhov no sai qhib lub rooj (tej zaum mus rau kev abyss…) rau lub shocking abundance pom zaws peb. No ntau haiv amazing muaj tam sim no twv kuv deep ua tus ib thiab evolutionary muaj keeb kwm muaj tus Lepidoptera. Ua ke editing no muaj kaum plaub ntawm npauj blogging kuv xwb pab tsis tau tiam sis yuav muaj kev cuam tshuam rov qab rau tej kev kuv cov mothing lus.

Perhaps Yog hais tias kuv yog ib tug me nyuam nyob teb chaws Europe no npauj (Deilephila elpenor porcellus) yuav tau lub npe rau kuv qhov muag. Dhau ntawm Npaub huv Ron Laughton muaj sab stunning ntau haiv neeg lus hauv nws lub qaum tsev nyob rau hauv ntau tau ib yam nkaus li kuv puas tau zuj zus no nyob rau hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas. Saib zoo rau cov hom cuab uas nws twb tau siv, feem ntau ntawm qhov uas nws ua lub tsev nws tus kheej. Yog ib tus yeeb yam zoo tshaj plaws ntawm npaub yog lawv koomtes ntsaub headlong rau hauv txoj kev kaj. Tsis deb ntawm Ron, Mike Beale Nws kuj yog blogging british npaub zoo li. Nws thiaj yuav zoo nkauj amazing zoo yog vim li cas peb ob faunas no (npaub ob peb ua tau yog ib yam).

Opawg ntawm qhov exciting ntau kauj ruam rau yam npauj enthusiast kev kawm li cas rear ntawm kab ntsig. Nyob rau Seabrooke Leckie tus blog, Qhov zoo kawg li tsuag, nws yuav cia li no. Qhov tshij, ntawm kab ntsig tsis, tab sis nws tim khawv ib pupae dai ntawm ib ceg me thiab theem tsev await tus npauj. Ob peb hnub tom qab ib yam dab tsi zoo li…tab sis tsis los ntawm tus pupae nws xav tias nws muaj! Thaum nws puv yav tag los nws mej sau ib pupae thib ob ntawm tus microlep ntse nws nkaum nrad cov nplooj, Nws yog ib qho tsis tag thiab tsis tshua muaj tshwm. Ntawm zam tsoos Seabrooke tus thawj pupae, nws muaj ib tug txawv hmoo – yuav tsum parasitized los ntawm ib tug Ichneumonidae. Raws li ib tug me nyuam kuv nco rearing kab lia ntawm Eacles imperialis tsuas kom tau greeted los ntawm yoov qho Tachinid swarms. Txawm muaj noob tu siab tsis tau ntawm ib tug npauj stunning, peb ecosystems yuav raug heev tshaj rau cov coj tsis tau cov parasitoids.

Speaking kab lia thiab backyards, Katie rau Xwm ID pom muaj ib tug me quav kab ntsig txog Lophocampa maculata, tus Tsov npauj thaud tsev Arctiidae (tam sim no nws yog ib tug nqi uas tus loj Noctuidae). Tab sis tho txawv taxonomy cia tseg, lawv yuav pom yooj yim mus tsheb ntawm willow. Tus laus npauj cas cia li tsis zoo li impressive li tus kab ntsig. Ib yam yuav hais tau rau Orgyia leucostigma (txoj cai) kab ntsig li yuav los Xenogere, cov laus yuav tsis nthuav. Hauj ob leeg tau theej tsis ci cov laus, tus Lymantriidae yeej tseem nyuam qhuav submerged rov los rau hauv tsev Noctuidae! Qhov no yog lub ntaj edged dua zaum ob uas yog taxonomy; just as you become confident with your names, everything gets thrown up in the air and rearranged (not always arbitrarily!)

Moving down in scale a bit, yet still strikingly beautiful, is the painted lichen moth – Hypoprepia fucosa. Over in the woods of Missouri Shelly Cox finds this beautiful little moth perched under a leaf. It was moths like these that began my journey downward into the smaller diversity of the Lepidoptera. Such a small moth can be so beautiful, you just have to look a little closer. Most moths, Txawm li cas los, tend to be a little less expressive and look more like this one from NJ in March. Being a little drab however doesn’t make them less interesting, you just have to learn how to appreciate them differently.

Over rau The Nature of Robertson blogger Wilson Denis explores npauj nyob zoo txog rau kuv lub plawv, lub Hepilaidae. Nws safe npauj inspires ib creation Art. Tsis tau dua, Kuv yog cuajkhaum ntawm lub impressive npaub ntawm Australia. Cov ntawm no hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas no npaub yog tias nws muab kuv dua tsib xyoos hauv lub tshav pob tau kuv lub npe tsis yog li. Believe it los tsis, cov lus no yog kuv qhia tau rau hauv qhov “micro” npaub, Txawm tias yog rau ib technicality. Qhov micro ntawm ntau (cia li los yog ruam tag) yuav siv tau los basal evolutionary ntoo uas leps thiab tsis cia me me…tom qab tag nrho tej Hepialidae thiab Cossidae yuav tsum monsters!

Rau rau tes, ib co npaub kuj yog zoo nkauj heev tsis nyuaj los nrhiav, thiab yuav tsum tau ua kom yuam kev tshwj xeeb – pheromone lures. Mark Skevington yuav siv sij hawm nws lure ib hnub sov so rau cov kawm lus Askiv countryside los teev cia rau hauv tej Sesiidae. Kuv thawj cov hauj lwm hauv entomology sawv daws hauv lub tshav tsev cia puav pheej yog sorting loj heev noog txog Sesiidae (pub nyob rau hauv lub thawv smoke kiag). Npaub hauv tsev neeg no muaj ib tug lifespan ntev uas tus menyuam kab tho qhov rau hauv ntxhov nroj tsuag los sis cov ntoo. Ua ib tug npauj diurnal koj tau tej zaum kuj raug lawv nectaring rau paj, tiam sis ceev faj, lawv yuav ci ntsa iab uas cov nkawj!

Mimicry yog raug rau kab, thiab muaj nkawj mas feem ntau nyiam qauv ntawm npaub, vim zoo. Kab blogger Ted MacRae nyob rau Kab nyob hauv lub hav txwv yeem yuav txawm muab tus npauj ntawm peb ib zaug. Nws kuj tawm ib co fascinating cwj pwm ntawm ib hom muaj feem xyuam zoo taw rau cov yas rau yam nws muaj nyob rau cov teb chaws Africa “Ib qho hauj lwm hom, Amata annulata, Yog paub tias los tsis tu ncua emit ultrasonic clicks thaum ya, xav tias luag tej cwj pwm aposematic ceeb toom puav ntawm nws cov distastefulness tau ib yam nkaus uas nws cov coloration warns daytime me”.

Sometimes tsis yog lub qhov teeb meem twg npaub, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog thaum twg lawv nkaum hauv koj lub tsev. Tus Biobabbler ces yuav tsum ib yam ntawm peb hom tus khiav hauj lwm rau nws cooj qaib, yog tus culprit Noctua pronuba. Yam Nyob sab Europe npauj-er yuav sai txog no npauj gaudy, tabsis nws yog feem ntau totaub rau ib Catocala hom no nyob rau hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas. Nkag tau rau lub cheeb tsam Nova Scotia caum lub xyoos dhau los nws tau kis tau mus rau txhua lub xeev.

Yees duab yog ib lub ntiaj teb unto nws xwb, capturing zoo meej txhaj tsis tau ib tug tsov rog Miskas ib. Yog xwb no xyoo uas kuv khaws kab photography, thiab kuv twb kawm tau ntau ntau. Dhau ntawm Npauj khawv koob lub elusive Anania funerbris proved tau ib cov capture. Kuv yuav qhia txog rau lub fruitless ntau caum xim uas txhaj koob tshuaj tivthaiv zoo meej. Caij nplooj ntoos hlav no kuv yuav tsum siv sij hawm rau photograph ntshav ib Schinia zoo nkauj…kom nej tsis muaj avail. Tiam sis thaum kawg, tus nqi zog zoo nkauj heev.

Lwm lub hlis tej teeb meem ntawm tus npauj thiab kuv yuav muab hosted dhau ntawm Hnub no nyob hauv keeb kwm Birding NJ. Tsis txhob hnov qab xa ib xo ua ntej lub Xya hli ntuj 13, tog twg los yuav Jennifer los Seabrooke! Yog tseem qhib yav tom ntej txog TMaM, li ntawd, tsis tas nrho maj kos npe rau tib lub sijhawm.