And now you know the rest of the story

For those who saw the FOX interview with MSU entomologist Dr. Cognato (OK, 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 (padon, it’s annoying but I couldn’t find it anywhere else) and read a response to the interview by . . . → Li piplis: And now you know the rest of the story

Pati Aquamoth 2

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 . . . → Li piplis: Pati Aquamoth 2

Repons nan Jeni laprès semèn pase a

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).

. . . → Li piplis: Repons nan Jeni laprès semèn pase a

Aquamoth!

Another amazing animal from Hawaiia 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 (lide ou, we are talking only about the larval stage). If their stream dries up, so does the caterpillar. . . . → Li piplis: Aquamoth!

California Spring

Spring te vini nan nò Kalifòni ak papiyon yo sou zèl a. Mwen te pran yon vwayaj rapid jiska pye mòn yo Sierra pandan fen semèn nan ak hiked moute pant yo apik pi wo a larivyè Lefrat la Ameriken. Pi wo pase se foto Xanthothrix ranunculi f. albipuncta (Slide: Stiriinae). Li k ap pase yo dwe chita sou yon bèl California . . . → Li piplis: California Spring

Jeni nan laprès la, v.III

Yon lòt pati ankò nan seri pi renmen mwen an, jeni laprès la. This article comes from ABC news, ki moun ki ka idantifye cheni sa a? It is decidedly NOT a gypsy moth.

Fellow entomology blogger Myrmecos had a similar story last week.

Off ak tèt yo!

(foto kredi)

Monak yo te kòmanse nò migrasyon sezon prentan yo, epi ou ta ka menm wè youn byento (pa enteresan si ou ap viv nan FL oswa HI kote gen moun ki abite pandan tout ane a, oswa nan CA kote gen tach separe ivèrnaj). Rapò ki sòti nan kote sezon ivè yo nan Meksik sepandan yo se patisipasyon de; ak pètèt ki pi ba a . . . → Li piplis: Off ak tèt yo!

Jeni nan laprès la, pati II

Pibliye nan Santa Barbara News Press, Sezon ivè 2009. Ki moun ki ka di m 'sa ki mal ak tit sa yo?

Kredi eskanè paj: Stuart Wilson.

Papiyon nan semèn nan

Pa papiyon a tipik – men sa a se estrikti nan pwoteyin plisman ki sòti nan yon lafyèv South emoraji Ameriken – viris la Machupo. The article was found on Science Daily. Yon resanblè travyè nan yon papiyon, petèt menm yon Hesperiidae (photo from Butterflies of America).

. . . → Li piplis: Papiyon nan semèn nan

Erezman, Mwen pa yon skarabe

Paske mwen ta sibi sa. Pale sou mechanste bèt! OK, jis plèzantri, men istwa sa a se yon ti jan ridikil. Atik la eta yo ki syantis yo te itilize vwa a nan Limbaugh paske li te “ki disponib fasilman”, pa paske yo rayi l. Oke ki vin soti pa yo dwe vre, yo te chwazi Rush . . . → Li piplis: Erezman, Mwen pa yon skarabe