On the road again

Over the next week and a half I’ll be driving up to Washington state for the annual LepidopteristsSociety meeting. It is located in the tourist-trap town of Leavenworth, which is aBavarian themeddiorama of postcard and clog shops. While I can never quite understand the appeal of themed towns, it is something . . . → Leigh Nios mo: On the road again

Níos dlúithe, toirt II

Agus anois le haghaidh an tsraith níos infrequently reoccurring, Guth na ndaoine! Dóibh siúd nach cuimhní scarring scoil ard latin aicme (gan aon locht mo mhúinteoir) Feicfidh mé a thabhairt duit suas le luas – an teideal aistríonn garbh go “guth na ndaoine”. Seo ceann eile sean r-phost go bhfuil mé ag shábháil. Go bhfuil sé ar . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Níos dlúithe, toirt II

Genius an Phreasa VIII

Fáilte go dtí toirt ocht gcinn de na sraithe neamhréireach reoccurring, Genius an Phreasa. Tháinig mé trasna airteagal seo le déanaí maidir le féileacán endemic Rican Puerto. Cé atá in ann a insint dom go díreach cén fáth go bhfuil an tuarascáil seo míthreorach? D'fhéadfadh sé a bheith beagán trickier ná an GOP caighdeánach (Mé le fios chaitheamh ar bith hacrainmneacha a bhaineann leis na litreacha roimhe). . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Genius an Phreasa VIII

An Leamhan agus Mise #12

Welcome to The Moth and Me #12, and my first blog carnival. Despite blogging for a few months I have yet to take a look back and reflect on exactly how I became enamored with lepidoptera in the first place. Remembering a time or location where this happened is impossible, agus is maith . . . → Leigh Nios mo: An Leamhan agus Mise #12

Biology of a Ghost

This moth is just about as rare as its paranormal namesake (except that it’s real) – it’s a Gazoryctra sp. in the family Hepialidae. They represent a basal lineage of the Lepidoptera and are commonly known as ghost moths or swift moths. Ghostbecause males of some species are known to fly in . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Biology of a Ghost

Genius an Phreasa VII

Cé atá i dteideal a fheiceáil cad atá cearr leis an Airteagal seo?

Estimates of Global Species Diversity

This recent article in the American Naturalist has taken a second look at some of the famously inflated species estimates, some going high as 100 million (Erwin, 1988). Léiríonn meastacháin arna seoladh ag na húdair go réamh-mheastacháin thuas 30 milliún Tá dóchúlachtaí <0.00001. Tá a raon measta níos mó dócha go mbeidh idir 2.5 agus . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Estimates of Global Species Diversity

Féileacáin Bealtaine (agus leamhan)

Díreach cúpla íomhánna de leps California coitianta, a glacadh ar feadh an raon chósta in aice le Santa Cruz cúpla seachtain ó shin. Ag tosú ag obair ar mo bhealach a dhéanamh tríd roinnt riaráiste grianghraf…

Euphydryas chalcedona

acmon Plebeian

acmon Plebeian

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Dé Domhnaigh Tráth na gCeist

Chun an tsraith tráth na gceist is annamh a reoccurring, anseo tá íomhá nua. Cé hé an moth?

An bhfaca tú dom?

Dóibh siúd Californians léamh, go háirithe iad siúd sa deisceart, coinnigh súil amach do seo Spider beag álainn, Latrodectus geometricus – an bhaintreach donn. Arachnologists ag UC Riverside ag déanamh monatóireachta ar an scaipeadh an speicis seo ionrach. Go híorónta casadh sé amach a bheith chomh contúirteach mar ár bhaintreach dúchais dubh. Mar sin féin, nach bhfuil sé . . . → Leigh Nios mo: An bhfaca tú dom?