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A once in a lifetime occurrence, a bilateral gynandromorph. Pe scurt, a glitch during cell differentiation creates asymmetrical chromosome patterns, which leads to asymmetrical sex expression in the adult insect. If you haven’t clicked the link above, do so, it’s an excellent description with some awesome photos. Back to the butterfly. eu . . . → Citeste mai mult: An Awesome Little Butterfly Trimiteți acest!Has just been posted over at Beetles in the Bush. Go over and explore the latest moth carnival, a gathering of blogs that have featured moths in one way or another over the last month or so. Trimiteți acest!News in from India, a butterfly photographer has been kidnapped. A local park official who was visiting the north eastern province Arunachal Pradesh was taken at night by a gang of armed youth-rebels. Efforts to find him have been hampered by the weather and remote terrain. India has recently become one of the most difficult . . . → Citeste mai mult: The Dangerous Life of a Lepidopterist Trimiteți acest!It’s good to throw a changeup every one in a while, and this week here is an article that is actually GOOD. Da, you read it here first, a positive article about entomology collections. We all need a breather after that Fox news fiasco with the Michigan State collection. The Honolulu Magazine does a really . . . → Citeste mai mult: Genius a presei, v. VI Trimiteți acest!For those who are not aware, a new book hit the market at the end of last year. “The Moths of Western North America“, Powell and Opler. At only $95 it’s worth every cent (sau $75 for the e-book, but I hate e-books). It’s a remarkable tome and the first of its kind . . . → Citeste mai mult: To all you Moth-ers Trimiteți acest! Un comentariu - (Comentariile sunt închise)  Entomologie  Book Review, Entomologie, lepidoptere, Molii From a peppermint Pericopinae. Am înregistrat acest videoclip pe site-ul în nordul Costa Rica în urmă cu câțiva ani. Când am ajuns în jos pentru a ridica această molie, a fost greu, pentru a evita să observe comportamentul. Molia, Chetone angulosa (Erebidae: Pericopina) ((folosit pentru a fi Arctiidae)), are un mecanism comun pentru acest grup – ei . . . → Citeste mai mult: Moth Parfum Trimiteți acest! 5 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie Fluturi, Defensive Comportamentul, Entomologie, Pericole de colectare, lepidoptere, Molii For the last four weekends now I have been on a goose chase, for one moth, Heliolonche celeris. It’s a beautiful small Noctuidae with pinkish forewings and stunning orange-red hindwings. It isn’t very often encountered and only found along the northern California mountain ranges feeding on Malacothrix floccifera – a CA endemic flower. Every trip . . . → Citeste mai mult: The Art of a Goose Chase Trimiteți acest! 10 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie Entomologie, Flori, Pericole de colectare, lepidoptere, Molii, Non-Insecte Recently came across some ridiculously horrible taxonomy from China (.pdf). If you scroll down a bit you can see the english translation. At first glance this looks like a standard taxonomy paper with bare-bones species descriptions. You might even think to yourself, “huh, wonder why they are describing species from only one specimen”. Not the . . . → Citeste mai mult: Taxonomie Fail Trimiteți acest! 4 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie Fluturi, Crank, Entomologie, lepidoptere, Specii noi I’ve just illustrated my method for spreading microlepidoptera, go explore the techniques page. Who is courageous enough to attempt it?
Trimiteți acest! 4 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie Colectare, Entomologie, lepidoptere, Molii, Tehnici I’ve been busy spreading microleps over the last few days, and here is a small selection from my summer collecting trips. Still have at least another 200 to go before catching up on my backlog. I am working on illustrating just how to spread these moths… așa încât urmăriți. 2009 was a great season. eu . . . → Citeste mai mult: Cum m-am ține ocupat Trimiteți acest! |
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