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 . . . → Per saperne di più: 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 . . . → Per saperne di più: La voce del popolo, Volume II Condividi questo!Benvenuti a volume otto della serie incoerente ripetersi, Genio della Stampa. I came across this article recently regarding an endemic Puerto Rican butterfly. Chi può dirmi esattamente perché questa relazione è fuorviante? Può essere un po 'più complicato rispetto allo standard GOP (Suggerisco scartando tutti gli acronimi in precedenza associati a tali lettere). . . . → Per saperne di più: Genio della Stampa VIII Condividi questo! 5 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi)  Entomologia  Farfalle, Conservazione, Concorso, Entomologia, Lepidotteri, 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 . . . → Per saperne di più: The Moth and Me #12 Condividi questo! 10 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi) Entomologia Carnival, Entomologia, Lepidotteri, falene, 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 . . . → Per saperne di più: Biology of a Ghost Condividi questo! 6 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi) Entomologia Comportamento, Entomologia, Lepidotteri, falene, Nuova Specie Who can see what’s wrong with this article? Condividi questo!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 e . . . → Per saperne di più: Estimates of Global Species Diversity Condividi questo!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
Plebejus acmon
Plebejus acmon
. . . → Per saperne di più: May Butterflies (and a moth) Condividi questo!For the rarely reoccurring quiz series, here is a new image. Who is this moth? Condividi questo!For those Californians reading, especially those in the south, keep an eye out for this beautiful little spider, Latrodectus geometricus – the brown widow. Arachnologists at UC Riverside are monitoring the spread of this invasive species. Ironically it turns out to not be as dangerous as our native black widow. Nonetheless, it is not . . . → Per saperne di più: Have you seen me? Condividi questo! |
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