Over the next week and a half I’ll be driving up to Washington state for the annual Lepidopterists’ Society meeting. It is located in the tourist-trap town of Leavenworth, which is a “Bavarian themed” diorama of postcard and clog shops. While I can never quite understand the appeal of themed towns, it is something . . . → Li piplis: On the road again
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And now for the even more infrequently reoccurring series, vox populi! For those without scarring high school memories of latin class (through no fault of my teacher) I’ll bring you up to speed – the title roughly translates to “voice of the people”. Here is another old e-mail that I’ve been saving. It is a . . . → Li piplis: Pi pre, volim II Pataje sa a!Welcome to volume eight of the inconsistently reoccurring series, Jeni nan laprès la. I came across this article recently regarding an endemic Puerto Rican butterfly. Who can tell me exactly why this report is misleading? It may be a little trickier than the standard GOP (I suggest discarding any previously associated acronyms with those letters). . . . → Li piplis: Genius of the Press VIII Pataje sa a! 5 kòmantè - (Kòmantè yo fèmen)  Antomoloji  Papiyon, Konsèvasyon, Konkou, Antomoloji, Lepidoptèr, Media
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, and like . . . → Li piplis: The Moth and Me #12 Pataje sa a! 10 kòmantè - (Kòmantè yo fèmen) Antomoloji Carnival, Antomoloji, Lepidoptèr, Papiyon, The Moth and Me 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. Ghost – because males of some species are known to fly in . . . → Li piplis: Biyoloji nan yon Sentespri Pataje sa a!Who can see what’s wrong with this article? Pataje sa a!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). Estimates conducted by the authors indicate that projections above 30 million have probabilities of <0.00001. Their estimated range is more likely to be between 2.5 ak . . . → Li piplis: Estimates of Global Species Diversity Pataje sa a!Just a few images of common California leps, taken along the coast range near Santa Cruz a few weeks ago. Starting to work my way through some photo backlog…
Euphydryas chalcedona
Plebeyen akmon
Plebeyen akmon
. . . → Li piplis: May Butterflies (and a moth) Pataje sa a!For the rarely reoccurring quiz series, here is a new image. Who is this moth? Pataje sa a!Pou moun Kalifòni lekti, sitou sa yo ki nan sid la, kenbe yon je deyò pou bèl ti arenyen sa a, Latrodectus geometricus – vèv mawon an. Arachnologists nan UC Riverside ap kontwole pwopagasyon espès anvayisan sa a. Iwonilman li vire soti nan pa danjere tankou vèv nwa natif natal nou an. Poutan, li pa . . . → Li piplis: Eske ou te wè mwen?? Pataje sa a! |
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