Sa pamamagitan ng Chris Grinter, sa Mayo 24, 2010%
Isang beses sa isang panghabang buhay na pangyayari, isang bilateral gynandromorph. Sa maikling salita, isang glitch sa panahon ng cell differentiation ay lumilikha asymmetrical mga pattern ng chromosome, na hahantong sa asymmetrical sekswal na expression sa pang-adultong insekto. Kung hindi ka pa nag-click sa link sa itaas, gawin ang gayon, ito ay isang mahusay na paglalarawan na may ilang mga kahanga-hangang mga larawan.
Bumalik sa mga butterfly. Ako . . . → Basahin Higit pang mga: Isang Galing Little Butterfly
Sa pamamagitan ng Chris Grinter, on May 18th, 2010%
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.
Sa pamamagitan ng Chris Grinter, on May 18th, 2010% 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 . . . → Basahin Higit pang mga: The Dangerous Life of a Lepidopterist
Sa pamamagitan ng Chris Grinter, sa Mayo 5, 2010% Mahusay na maghagis ng pagbabago sa bawat isa sa ilang sandali, and this week here is an article that is actually GOOD. Oo, basahin mo muna dito, 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 . . . → Basahin Higit pang mga: Henyo ng Pindutin ang, v. KAMI
Sa pamamagitan ng Chris Grinter, on May 4th, 2010%
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 (o $75 for the e-book, but I hate e-books). It’s a remarkable tome and the first of its kind . . . → Basahin Higit pang mga: Sa lahat kayong mga Nanay
Sa pamamagitan ng Chris Grinter, on May 4th, 2010%
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 – they . . . → Basahin Higit pang mga: Moth Perfume
Sa pamamagitan ng Chris Grinter, on May 2nd, 2010% 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 . . . → Basahin Higit pang mga: The Art of a Goose Chase
Sa pamamagitan ng Chris Grinter, on April 27th, 2010% 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 . . . → Basahin Higit pang mga: Taxonomy mabigo
Sa pamamagitan ng Chris Grinter, on April 23rd, 2010% I’ve just illustrated my method for spreading microlepidoptera, go explore the techniques page. Who is courageous enough to attempt it?
Sa pamamagitan ng Chris Grinter, sa Abril 21, 2010% 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… kaya manatiling nakatutok.
2009 was a great season. Ako . . . → Basahin Higit pang mga: How I keep myself busy
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