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For those who saw the FOX interview with MSU entomologist Dr. Cognato (CALLIDE, for those who didn’t, here it is), you will be interested to hear his side of the story. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?V = m7f52y4Nq4E&pluma = player_embedded] Take the time to register (paenitet, it’s annoying but I couldn’t find it anywhere else) Ad colloquium, et legitur ab,en . . . → Lege plus: And now you know the rest of the story Illud communicari!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 . . . → Lege plus: Aquamoth pars 2 Illud communicari!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).
. . . → Lege plus: Answer to last week’s Genius of the Press Illud communicari!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 (cuius estis, we are talking only about the larval stage). If their stream dries up, so does the caterpillar. . . . → Lege plus: Aquamoth! Illud communicari!Spring venit ad septentrionali California, et tinea sunt in ala. Tuli a velox supplantator ad Sierra campestribus super weekend et hiked sursum arduo supra American River. Supra depicta est Xanthothrix ranunculorum f. albipuncta (Noctuinae: Stiriinae). Gaius pulchro sedet forte . . . → Lege plus: California Spring Illud communicari!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. Illud communicari!(photo promeritum) Et vere non abscedentes ab aquilone et tyranni quoque inceperunt mox videre (blandit nec, si vos in HI FL, ubi annus-rotundus residentibus, CA, vel in locis ubi sunt illa separata overwintering). Fusce sed lorem in locis, ex hibernis maesti; cum forte ad infimum . . . → Lege plus: Capita autem earum cum Off! Illud communicari! 2 comment - (Leave a Reply Name)  Natural  Barcoding, Papiliones, conservationem, DNA, Natural, Noctuidae, Monarcham Published in the Santa Barbara News Press, Winter 2009. Who can tell me what’s wrong with these captions? Page scan credit: Stuart Wilson. Illud communicari!Not the typical butterfly – but this is the protein folding structure from a South American hemorrhagic fever – the Machupo virus. The article was found on Science Daily. A striking resemblance to a butterfly, maybe even a Hesperiidae (photo from Butterflies of America). . . . → Lege plus: Butterfly of the week Illud communicari!Quia ad hanc fuisse. Loqui de immanitate vastatur! CALLIDE, iustus kidding, Sed in hoc est a frenum ridiculam. In hac voce usus Limbaugh dicit quod, quia scientiae “parabilia”, et oderunt eum, non quia. Sed verum est quod non fit, Rush elegerant . . . → Lege plus: Thankfully, Im 'non a beetle Illud communicari! |
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