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 . . . → Đọc thêm: 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 . . . → Đọc thêm: Vox Populi, khối lượng II Chia sẻ!Chào mừng bạn đến khối lượng tám trong loạt không nhất quán reoccurring, Genius của báo chí. Tôi đã xem qua bài viết này gần đây liên quan đến một con bướm đặc hữu Puerto Rico. Ai có thể cho tôi biết chính xác lý do tại sao báo cáo này là sai lầm? Nó có thể là một chút phức tạp hơn so với đảng Cộng hòa tiêu chuẩn (Tôi đề nghị loại bỏ bất kỳ từ viết tắt liên quan trước đó với những chữ cái). . . . → Đọc thêm: Genius của báo chí VIII Chia sẻ! 5 bình luận - (Comments are closed)  Côn trùng  bướm, Bảo tồn, Cuộc thi, Côn trùng, Lepidoptera, Phương tiện truyền thông
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, và như . . . → Đọc thêm: The Moth and Me #12 Chia sẻ! 10 bình luận - (Comments are closed) Côn trùng Carnival, Côn trùng, Lepidoptera, bướm đêm, 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 . . . → Đọc thêm: Biology of a Ghost Chia sẻ! 6 bình luận - (Comments are closed) Côn trùng Hành vi, Côn trùng, Lepidoptera, bướm đêm, Những loài mới Who can see what’s wrong with this article? Chia sẻ!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 và . . . → Đọc thêm: Estimates of Global Species Diversity Chia sẻ!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
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. . . → Đọc thêm: Tháng bướm (và một loài bướm đêm) Chia sẻ!For the rarely reoccurring quiz series, here is a new image. Who is this moth? Chia sẻ!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 . . . → Đọc thêm: Have you seen me? Chia sẻ! |
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