By Chris Grinter, March 27th rau, 2014 Tej yam uas muaj lawm ntsiag to no heev ib pliag – feem ntau vim kuv twb tau tau inundated nrog cov ua hauj lwm (Nco ntsoov tus zoo tshaj plaws). Tab sis kuv kuj nyuam qhuav xaiv tog xyoo yim lig rau tsheb ciav hlau Twitter. Rau txhua hnub dluab ntawm kab txias thov ua raws li kuv nyob ntawd @skepticalmoth. Kiag tej dab neeg tau ib hom ntawv ntev zog tham txog, thiab kuv tseem yuav ua tau li ntawd tej zaum muaj nyob ntawm no – tsis txhob ua kuv yuav nco ntsoov cia kuv siv thiab cov txheej txheem sau mus paub pav. Ua tsaug!
By Chris Grinter, nyob rau lub ob hlis ntuj hnub, 2014 Raws li kuv muaj photographing thiab databsing tus Cicindelinae ntawm tus collections Denver tsev cia puav pheej ntawm paiv & Science kuv tuaj nyob li no mus txog lub 10 May ntim 1921, Chicago Illinois. Tus kab no Cicindela hirticollis hirticollis (yuav yog ib tus ssp ntaus cim tshev them rhodensis thaum lawv nkag intergrade raws lawv Area) thiab yog ib qho ntawm feem dav-kis hom tsov kab peb muaj nyob rau hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas – ces qhov no tsis yog kuv ntes tau kuv lub qhov muag. Ua ib haiv neeg Chicagoan thiab neeg ua hauj lwm qub teb tsev cia puav pheej, 1921 tsis nyuaj li ib hnub uas koj paub. Kuv Googled sai sai thiab pom tias yog vim li cas vim li cas.
Lub caij ntuj sov 1921 yog tus grand qhib hauv lub tshav tsev cia puav pheej tus tshiab (thiab tam sim no tseem) qhov chaw nyob hauv Grant Park. No duab naas ej ntawm Charles Carpenter illustrates nrov yog vim li cas cov tsev khaws puav pheej nyob rau hnub qhib, Tej zaum 2, 1921.
Lub collector ntawm qhov tshem me me no tsis paub thiab tsuas tshuav ib daim ntawv lo rau lawv vintage me me quav thiab nyeem tau. Peb muaj cov tshem me me nov nyob Denver ces tus collector yog tej zaum yuav tsis ib cov haiv neeg Chicagoan (cov nrws xav tau twb hauv lub tshav tsev cia puav pheej los cov Smithsonian twb). Kuv mas, los yog tsawg kawg nyiam xav txog tej yam, tias peb kab yog sau los ntawm ib cov amateur Entomologist thaum nws nyob Chicago rau qhib rau lub tsev khaws puav pheej tshiab.
Denver tsev cia puav pheej ntawm cov xwm & Kev kawm (thaum lub sij hawm Denver tsev cia puav pheej of Natural History) tsuas yog 21 xyoo rov saum tom no taw tes rau hauv keeb kwm, tab sis cuaj kaum ib Attendance nrov yog tsis muab tsawg mintsis thiab version ntawm lub opulent teb tsev cia puav pheej. Peb collections tuav feem ntau ntawm Edward B. Andrews tus mob Rocky Mountain sau los ntawm xyoo 1930, saib tsam ces kuv mob wildly xav tias qhov no nws yog ib tug uas nws ua ntej lawm nrws ntim rau hauv ib pilgrimage sab hnub tuaj.
By Chris Grinter, nyob rau lub kaum hli ntuj 21st, 2013 Tsiaj txhu yuav zoo nkauj no yog ib tug npauj kuv reared los Quercus palmeri Chiricahua roob Arizona down. Nws yog ib qho uas nyob rau hauv lub tsev neeg Gracillariidae thiab tej zaum yuav nyob rau hauv lub genus Acrocercops – Dave Wagner ua ntej nws yuav sawv cev ntawm ib cov hom tshiab, tab sis qhov ntawd yuav tsis tau tshaj plaws mas tsis tshua muaj npaub me me. Nws yog haum ntau, ces tsis ntev koob kuv yuav zaum nyob nyob hauv koj lub tsev cia puav pheej Denver txog thaum ib tug neeg xav kom ua hauj lwm rau lub taxonomy ntawm cov pawg alpha (los yog hnub ntawd los txog thaum kuv yeej tsis muaj piling thawj). Nrhiav ib kab ntsig tsuas ib nplooj rau cov qus thiab rearing nyob rau tom tsev yog ib yam ib txoj muaj nqi tshaj uas koj yuav tau ua raws li tus naturalist. Charley Eiseman nyob rau Kab lem ua li no txhua lub sijhawm (thiab illustrates beautifully) – tsis tas koj mus nrog ib tug zoo nkauj los tshem me me, tiam sis tus tswv tsev cog thiab parasitoids ntau yog tag nrho cov kaw rau hauv txoj kev no.
By Chris Grinter, nyob cuaj hlis 25, 2013 Koj puas pom tus zoo nkauj duab coj los Sam Droege rau tus NABNPAWB DUSLAS muv USGS thiab (lab) uas tsis muaj soj? Puas wondered licas nws tau txais cov kev txhaj zoo nkauj?
Tag kis, Cuaj hlis 26th 1 pm eastern lub sij hawm, Xaas yuav tau ua ib tug nyob nyeem hauv YouTube saib cov duab no yuav ua li cas thiab yuav ua rau koj thiab koj yuav ua li cas! Mus saib hauv YouTube channel thiab ib tus pub nyob yuav tsum pop thaum lawv muaj nyob hauv internet. Nws yuav tsum tau fascinating!
By Chris Grinter, nyob rau lub Xya hli ntuj 22nd, 2013 Kuv pog mus yuav koom tes nrog lub xyoo no ua ib txij rau lub Lepidoptera chav nyob Southwestern tshawb nrhiav chaw nres tsheb ze Portal, Arizona. Kuv yuav ua ib tug ntawm yim lwm instructors uas yuav muab ib txhais tes nyob thiab khaus 9-hnub ntev ntev thaum kawg rau qhov sau los ua, preservation thiab cov cim kev Lepidoptera. Kuv yeej tsis tau xav txog tej yam zoo muaj txoj kev kawm txog npaub thiab butterflies tshaj nyob hauv lub chaw zoo li lub roob Chiricahua thaum lub ncov ntawm tus monsoons.
Zos yeej tseem qhib! Noj ib pliag mus xyuas qhov Lepidoptera thaum kawg lub website, thiab xauj hais lus tawm lub xyoo dhau los. Kuv mam li hais kom koj mus koom thiab vam tias yuav ntsib koj nyob rau hauv ob peb lub lis piam!
By Chris Grinter, nyob rau lub rau hli ntuj sis thib 5 ntawd, 2013 Kuv tuaj nyob ntawm no Tshooj luv luv hnub no tau thov kev pab uas no tsis ntev los no tau hauj lwm lawm ntawm qhov npauj npaim lub hairstreak, Ministrymon janevicroy Glassberg 2013, tej zaum qhov tseeb yuav qhov “kawg yus tiag npauj npaim hom kab laug sab rau hauv lub tebchaws United States…. [thiab] tus era cov tshiab tuaj. npauj npaim hom xaus”. Kuv yuav nrhiav tus nqe lus khib me ntsis. Nkawd ib tes ib cuab kev, feem ntau ntawm cov butterflies hauv lub tebchaws United States twb nyob ntev dhau los. 90% ntawm qhov hairstreak butterflies los piav ua ntej 1900 thiab 97.5% ua ntej 2000 (R. Robbins pers. COMM.). Ntawm qhov tod tes tias kuv nws yuav pib khaus mentsis rau kuv lub hlwb yuav yees tsi peb twb ua kom tiav cov kev ua hauj lwm ib thiab peb yuav txav mus rau yav tas los mus sau los tshawb hauv butterflies. Kuv tsis xav tias tus sau phau ntawv no los rau tom kawg – thiab txawm nws yog qhov zoo rau koj twb paub lawm peb tuaj qhov no kom deb deb rau npauj npaim taxonomy, tej zaum yuav pab mus deb li cas peb tsis tau tuaj tham (tshwj xeeb tshaj yog thaum twg koj xav txog npaub!).
 Qhov ntawv nws tus kheej (tsis pub tawm Zookeys saum toj no) yog poj – nws ua tib zoo heev txog rooj plaub no cais cov hom thiab kuv xav tau yooj yim pom zoo raws li lawv cov lus xaus. Qhov ze qhov sau phau ntawv tau hais tias tus no yog tus npauj npaim kawg rau hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas no no kawg ntawm phab 14 thiab mus rau phab 15.
Eumaeini fauna ntawm teb chaws Mis Kas no documented zoo, thiab ntau hom piav yav dhau los 75 xyoo arguably tau hom kab cryptic uas yuav tsum tau overlooked vim koojtis txawv kev zoo sib thooj nrog paub hom. … Nyob zoo ib uas ntse, ib nyuag ntau tshaj 20% ntawm lub Central thiab South American eumaeine fauna no undescribed (Robbins 2004b), tab sis feem coob ntawm cov kev hom undescribed muaj exceedingly hauv tsev cia puav pheej collections, tsis zoo li M. janevicroy. Nrug muaj feem luj variation ntawm no tsis tshua muaj kev hom tshua muaj chaw khuam siab mus rau lwm cov ntaub ntawv.
Thiab thaum nws puv tus kav txog tus npauj npaim lub xeem tau ntawm ib tug tso sau los ntawm tus sau phau ntawv (pers. COMM.). Tab sis kuv muab suab zoo li splitting muaj plaub mos mos, cov butterflies no tiag tiag li cov? Butterflies tshiab yog tseem muab piav los ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas ntawm cov kuj cuab kev cim ua qhov muag xim, tab sis, feem ntau muaj loj sib txawv me ntsis hauv lub genitalia – cov cim ntau tsis tau ntau npaum li cas yus li ib kob feature uas yuav ploj mus rau sab hauv lub nrws las. Li ntawd, yog, qhov no yog kab tias cov kawg yuav mus nrhiav tau ntawd yuav tau hais kom sib nrug heev hauv lub teb. Tiam sis yog txhua yam uas muab ntxiv rau ntau npaum li cas peb yuav tau nrws nyob collections rau tej yam tawm hauv qhov xub place. Tus sau phau ntawv siv 88 nrws ntawm M. janevicroy thiab piv rau 175,000 lwm nrws ntawm lwm hom. Zoo tshaj uas muaj muaj lolus khwv nyob hauv lub tiaj nrhiav ntau ntawm cov butterflies tau (thiab feem ntau thaum lub sij hawm tsis paub xyov zoo li cas lawv yuav tuag). Raws li lepidopterists closer ntawm qhov txawv yog nkauj nraug ntau ntawm peb hom diminutive dua tshiab saib cov npe yog tsim los piav seb yog ib zaug xav yuav ib tug loj dua, wide-ranging, ib hom.
Thiab kev nyeem ntawm kuv blog zoo yuav tsum paub txog ntau yam uas, muaj ntau hom kab npauj tseem tshuav tau piav nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws United States. Kuv paub txog ob peb koos uas yavtom ntej uas mus ze li ntawm dua zaum ob qhov luaj li cas tsev neeg kuj loj uas loj thiab sau zoo npaub – tsis tau pav me me li cas npaj peb twb ua nyob hauv lub microlepidoptera. Ib tug kwv yees kuv twb hnov qhia ntawd nkaus xwb 20% ntawm qhov Tortricidae npauj hom muaj nyob lawm! Thaum muab koos los xij ntawm tej pab pawg kom me lub hom zauv tawg.
Tawm rooj thiab sua!
By Chris Grinter, nyob rau tej zaum 13th, 2013 Tus plhaw Azure (Celastrina humulus) yog muaj diminutive thiab tsis tshua muaj tshwm xiav nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntau yam ntawm tus Rockies nov nyob rau Colorado. Nws tus tswv tsev cog yog tus tsiaj qus plhaw: Humulus lupulus, hom twg tau kawg yog ib tug muaj mob nyav hauv npias! Nyob rau hauv ib lub lis piam los yog ob tug kuv yuav tawm hauv lub tiaj nrhiav lwm photograph no sucker nrog lub swallowtail Papilio indra indra, hopefully nrog tej koob hmoov.
Thiab no, raws li Robert Schorr leej twg lawm no npauj npaim intimately paub lub xyoo thiab muaj xav nws tau nyiaj ua hauj lwm rau nws. Robert, yog muaj cov ntse heev unparalleled, chav ob leeg hauv tej yam kuv nyiam: Lepidoptera thiab npias. Kev nthuav qhia ceev kom Odell Brewery raws li mus Fort Collins, Colorado thiab voila- Celastrina Saison Ale yug. Thiab tau kawg, $1 ntawm txhua npias muag yuav mus Schorr txoj kev tshawb fawb nyob hauv cov plhaw Azure npauj npaim. Ntse heev. Kab tias tom ntej no mus, npias ua txhawb kuv tshawb fawb txog npaub plhaw? (muaj muaj ob peb tug tau kawg!) Zoo tsis tau txoj kev lag luam plhaw loj hlob yuav xav nrog cov haujlwm…
Thiab cov lovers no los tsis-npias li tawm muaj ib Saison yog tus zoo thiab effervescent ale nrog ntau ntau los ntawm cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo thiab tej txuj lom, tab sis tseem nyob qhuav kawg thiab tsis kawg qab zib – tag nrho rau haus hauv lub caij sov hnub.
By Chris Grinter, nyob rau lub, 2013 Yog lub sij hawm yoo nce rau lub xyoo no Lub teb chaws npauj lub limtiam, Lub Xya hli ntuj 20-28 2013! Thawj puas npauj lub limtiam tsaib no yog lub loj loj zoo nrog nyob 300 txheej xwm ntawm 49 Teb Chaws Asmeskas no thiab 30 lub teb chaws! Pab kom lub xyoo no twb loj – Yog koj nyob nraum xav nrog npaub txhua koj yuav tsum nrhiav ib kev tshwm sim hauv zos tuaj koom los tsim ib tug ntawm koj tus kheej. Los yog pej, koj yuav koom tes nrog ib leisurely hmo twg koj nrib pleb ob peb beers nrog cov phooj ywg thiab saib tej npaub – los yog koj tau caw cov pej xeem thiab txhawb photography, muab khaws tseg, thiab koj cov ntaub ntawv cuav! Txhua cov kev tshwm sim rau lwm qhov chaw ntawm npaub pab, Txawm hais tias nws yog xwb los koj yam hauv koj lub qaum tsev.
Kuv mam li yuav npaj ib tug npauj lub limtiam kev tshwm sim ntawm no rau Denver, tejzaum nws thaum lub lis xaus thiab hopefully nyob lub zos xeev Park. Yog hais tias koj tsis tau mus deb deb ntawm Denver kuv colleague David Bettman thiab kuv twb muaj ib tug npauj-hais lus teem tseg rau lub Xya hli ntuj 25 txuj Lake Park xwm qhov chaw uas yuav tau ua los ntawm ib lub teeb dub sheet (qhov kev tshwm sim yuav tshwm nyias nyob rau hauv daim ntawv qhia hauv qab no). Kuv vam tias koj yuav koom tau ib lub limtiam npauj xyoo no!
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By Chris Grinter, lub peb hlis ntuj paub hauv, 2013 Rau no hnub Monday npauj kuv xav tias kuv yuav tswg ib nyuag kev nyeem yuav ua li cas los yog tus txiv neej pw ntawm npaub. Thaum muaj ntau hom dimorphic kev plees kev piv txwv (qhov uas cov txivneej thiab cov pojniam yog txawv obviously), feem coob npaub tseem tsis. Saturniidae ua rau peb lub neej yooj yim yog muaj kev antennae strikingly sib txawv ntawm qhov nws kuj. Piv txwv li koj thiaj pom qhov loj, plumose antennae ntawm no lau Dryocampa rubicunda hauv qab. Tus maum coj muaj antennae muaj xov zoo li ua npaws nyob rau kev sib piv. Txhua zaus koj muaj ob npaub nrog antennae no txawv ces yog luag kom koj hu rau tus loj ones txiv neej. Feem ntau cov yuav tsum tau Saturniidae, tiam sis tej zaum tej liv nyug npaub, tsov npaub, thiab tus scattering ntawm lwm pawg muaj antennal dimorphism. Feem coob npaub muaj tsis muaj cov kev txawv no cuab kev, koj tsuas muaj tshem me me uas tsis muaj cov counterpart los piv rau ib, thiab no, nws yuav siv sij hawm me ntsis ntxiv detective hauj lwm yuav tau xyuas seb dab tsi yog lawv pw ua niam txiv.
Muaj ob qhov chaw tu qab mus xyuas – taub duav thiab cov frenulum nyob rau hauv cov tis. Npaub txiv neej muaj claspers – los duav li folds ntawm cov genitalia ntau pas mus rau cov poj niam thaum pos. Feem ntau koj yuav pom tau tus qauv npaj txog cov claspers uas ua zoo ib nkawm daim ntau quav tso tes saum lub ntsis underside ntawm lub plab mog. Yog hais tias tsis muaj split pom ntawm lub plab mog tuaj tus ntsis ces feem ntau yog ib tug poj niam. Cov txheej txheem no yuav ua hauj lwm zoo rau butterflies vim lawv tsis siv ib tug dais koojtis-coupling zoo li ib tug frenulum, tiam sis tej zaum yuav tsis muaj kev vam meej rau tej qhov chaw uas tus qauv ntawm lub plab mog puas obscured npaub.
Feem ntau cov Lepidoptera muaj ib co mechanism rau kom lawv muaj tis ua ke nyob rau hauv lub davhlau. Basal txiav txim li cov Micropterigidae thiab cov Hepialidae muaj ib yooj yim ntiv tes xoo zoo li kev ua tawm off of cov hindwing kom pab tau ob peb lub nrog lub forewing. Tab sis feem coob npaub siv frenulum-retinaculum. Cov kev no ntawm Wikipedia illustrates txig rau mechanism thiab txoj kev sib deev dimorphism. Vim tsis paub hais tias maum npaub tau me me thiab ntau yam twg hos caug muaj ib zaug xwb uas loj ib. Kab tias qhov twg ntau tau them ntau dua rau ib qai laden poj niam, whereas tib lub bristle thiab muab yooj ntxiv thiab hwj huam caug. Tab sis kuv tsis ntseeg tias muaj hypothesis muaj puas tau soj ntsuam kuaj.
Mus zoo illustrate no ntawm no yog cov underside uas muaj ib tug txiv neej Apamea aurticolor (Noctuidae) nrog lub frenulum pom meej txog txoj cai. Nyob rau sab laug ntawm frenulum yog ntsaws rau hauv lub retinaculum ntawm tus forewing – Nco ntsoov cov qauv no yog ib clump ntawm dos curled nruj nreem rau tus costa ntawm lub forewing – ntawd thaj tsis muaj cov plaub mos mos uas taw tes upwards. Daim duab thib ob yog cov npauj tib yam rau ib tug ntau dua magnification nrog lub frenulum dawb hauv ntsuab. Tej zaum koj yuav tsum sim seb lub frenulum los nkaum seb dab tsi yog yuav mus – ib tus pin uas twb tau raug thawb mus rau koj lub rooj yuav tsim tau tus nqe tauj me me quav zoo meej rau txoj haujlwm no. Tej zaum koj yuav tawg tau lub frenulum, tiam sis yog tsis muaj qhov tsis loj yog hais tias koj poob tsuas yog ib tus thiab sau tus txiv neej pw rau ntawm daim ntawv lo nrog koj.
Ntawm no yog ib tug poj niam Autographa mappa (Noctuidae) uas faintly qhia tau hais tias tus 3 twg uas ua tau nws tus retinaculum. Nyem qhov embiggen nyob Flickr.
By Chris Grinter, nyob tim mus. VIII, 2013 Kuv hlub khawb mus txog cov qhov abyssal ntawm internet vwm vim kuv tau mus pom gems li no: Cov Mothman rau Mars? Linked hauv lub ' tsab xov xwm’ yog Diam duab rover NASA xav, Mastcam muaj cai. HUAB 194. Diam duab no 21 Lub ob hlis ntuj 2013. Lub pob zeb uas lawv yeej tham tsis tau txog li “mothman” yog nyob rau hauv lawm ces kaum sab sauv – lub voos ib casting tus duab ntxoov ntxoo (Kuv tus kheej xub ntxiv kuv).
Kuv tsis tau pom nws, nyob rau txhua qhov… Kuv pom ib cov pob zeb, uas zoo li ib lub pob zeb thiab ntshe flies xws li ib lub pob zeb. Tab sis koj twb tau mus hlub cov vwm anomaly tua tsiaj.
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