An Awesome Little Butterfly

A once in a lifetime occurrence, a bilateral gynandromorph. ในระยะสั้น, 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. ฉัน . . . → อ่านเพิ่มเติม: An Awesome Little Butterfly

ผีเสื้อและฉัน #11

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.

The Dangerous Life of a Lepidopterist

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 . . . → อ่านเพิ่มเติม: The Dangerous Life of a Lepidopterist

อัจฉริยะของสื่อมวลชน, วี. VI

It’s good to throw a changeup every one in a while, and this week here is an article that is actually GOOD. ใช่, 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 . . . → อ่านเพิ่มเติม: อัจฉริยะของสื่อมวลชน, วี. VI

To all you Moth-ers

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 (หรือ $75 for the e-book, but I hate e-books). It’s a remarkable tome and the first of its kind . . . → อ่านเพิ่มเติม: To all you Moth-ers

Moth Perfume

From a peppermint Pericopinae. I recorded this video on-site in northern Costa Rica a few years ago. When I reached down to pick up this moth, it was hard to avoid noticing the behavior. The moth, Chetone angulosa (Erebidae: Pericopina) ((used to be Arctiidae)), has a common defensive mechanism for this group – พวกเขา . . . → อ่านเพิ่มเติม: Moth Perfume

ศิลปะการไล่ล่าห่าน

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 flocciferaa CA endemic flower. Every trip . . . → อ่านเพิ่มเติม: ศิลปะการไล่ล่าห่าน

อนุกรมวิธานล้มเหลว

Recently came across some ridiculously horrible taxonomy from China (.ไฟล์ PDF). หากเลื่อนลงไปเล็กน้อยก็จะเห็นคำแปลภาษาอังกฤษ. เมื่อดูเผินๆ ดูเหมือนว่าเอกสารอนุกรมวิธานมาตรฐานพร้อมคำอธิบายสายพันธุ์กระดูกเปลือย. คุณอาจจะคิดกับตัวเองก็ได้, “ฮะ, สงสัยว่าทำไมพวกเขาถึงอธิบายสายพันธุ์จากตัวอย่างเดียวเท่านั้น”. Not the . . . → อ่านเพิ่มเติม: อนุกรมวิธานล้มเหลว

New Technique Page!

I’ve just illustrated my method for spreading microlepidoptera, go explore the techniques page. Who is courageous enough to attempt it?

How I keep myself busy

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… เพื่อติดตามความคืบหน้า.

2009 was a great season. ฉัน . . . → อ่านเพิ่มเติม: How I keep myself busy