Por Chris Grinter, on March 25th, 2010% For those who saw the FOX interview with MSU entomologist Dr. Cognato (Aceptar, for those who didn’t, here it is), you will be interested to hear his side of the story.
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Take the time to register (lo siento, it’s annoying but I couldn’t find it anywhere else) and read a response to the interview by . . . → Leer más: And now you know the rest of the story
Por Chris Grinter, on March 25th, 2010% I came across the full-text PDF of the amphibious moth article and extracted the tree showing the radiation of this species group and probable evolution of the amphibious traits. Interesting to note the case shape, and each moth is endemic to its own volcano in the Hawaiian archipelago.
This is a Bayesian analysis of . . . → Leer más: parte de aguamoth 2
Por Chris Grinter, on March 25th, 2010% For all those who abstained from voting (I want to assume some readers must have known the identity of our mystery caterpillar, but were too lazy to comment), here is the answer (after the break).
. . . → Leer más: Answer to last week’s Genius of the Press
Por Chris Grinter, el 24 de marzo, 2010%
Another amazing animal from Hawaii – a completely amphibious caterpillar (published in the March 22 PNAS). While there are a few aquatic Lepidoptera, all of them have gills that keep them restricted to the water (mind you, we are talking only about the larval stage). If their stream dries up, so does the caterpillar. . . . → Leer más: aquamoth!
Por Chris Grinter, el 22 de marzo, 2010%
La primavera ha llegado hasta el norte de California y las polillas se encuentran en el ala. Tomé un viaje rápido hasta las estribaciones de la Sierra durante el fin de semana y caminaron por las laderas empinadas por encima de la American River. Por encima se representa Xanthothrix ranunculi f. albipuncta (Noctuidae: Stiriinae). Le pasa a ser sentado en un hermoso california . . . → Leer más: California Primavera
Por Chris Grinter, el 19 de marzo, 2010% Yet another installment of my favorite series, the genius of the press. This article comes from ABC news, who can identify this caterpillar? It is decidedly NOT a gypsy moth.
Fellow entomology blogger Myrmecos had a similar story last week.
Por Chris Grinter, el 19 de marzo, 2010% (Crédito de la foto)
Los monarcas han comenzado su migración al norte primavera y que incluso podría ver uno pronto (no emocionante si usted vive en Florida o HI donde hay residentes todo el año, o en California, donde hay lugares de hibernación separadas). Los informes de sus lugares de invierno en México, sin embargo son tristes; con posiblemente la más baja . . . → Leer más: Corten la cabeza!
Por Chris Grinter, on March 13th, 2010% Publicado en Santa Barbara News Press, Invierno 2009. ¿Quién puede decirme qué hay de malo en estos subtítulos??
Crédito de escaneo de página: Estuardo Wilson.
Por Chris Grinter, on March 9th, 2010%
No es la típica mariposa. – pero esta es la estructura de plegamiento de proteínas de una fiebre hemorrágica sudamericana – el virus machupo. The article was found on Science Daily. Un parecido sorprendente con una mariposa., tal vez incluso un Hesperiidae (photo from Butterflies of America).
. . . → Leer más: mariposa de la semana
Por Chris Grinter, on March 6th, 2010% Because I would have been subjected to this. Talk about animal cruelty! Aceptar, just kidding, but this story is a bit ridiculous. The article states that the scientists had used the voice of Limbaugh because it was “readily available”, not because they hated him. Well that turns out not to be true, they chose Rush . . . → Leer más: Afortunadamente, No soy un escarabajo
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