And now you know the rest of the story

Para quem viu a entrevista FOX com MSU entomologista Dr.. cunhado (Está bem, para aqueles que não o fizeram, Aqui está), você estará interessado em ouvir o seu lado da história.

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Aproveite o tempo para registar (desculpe, é chato, mas eu não poderia encontrá-lo em qualquer outro lugar) and read a response to the interview by . . . → Leia mais: And now you know the rest of the story

Aquamoth part 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 . . . → Leia mais: Aquamoth part 2

Answer to last week’s Genius of the Press

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).

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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 (mind you, we are talking only about the larval stage). If their stream dries up, so does the caterpillar. . . . → Leia mais: Aquamoth!

Califórnia Primavera

A primavera chegou ao norte da Califórnia e mariposas estão na asa. Eu tomei uma rápida viagem até o sopé da Serra no fim de semana e de subir as encostas íngremes acima do rio americano. Acima é retratado Xanthothrix ranúnculos f. albipuncta (Noctuidae: Stiriinae). Acontece estar sentado em um belo california . . . → Leia mais: Califórnia Primavera

Gênio da Imprensa, V.iii

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.

Fora com suas cabeças!

(crédito da foto)

Os monarcas começaram sua migração ao norte primavera e você pode até ver uma breve (Não excitante se você vive em FL ou HI onde há moradores durante todo o ano, ou no CA onde há manchas hibernação separados). Relatos de seus locais de inverno no México, porém, são sombrio; possivelmente com o menor . . . → Leia mais: Fora com suas cabeças!

Gênio da imprensa, parte II

Published in the Santa Barbara News Press, Winter 2009. Who can tell me what’s wrong with these captions?

Page scan credit: Stuart Wilson.

Borboleta da semana

Not the typical butterflybut this is the protein folding structure from a South American hemorrhagic feverthe Machupo virus. The article was found on Science Daily. A striking resemblance to a butterfly, maybe even a Hesperiidae (photo from Butterflies of America).

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Agradecidamente, I’m not a beetle

Because I would have been subjected to this. Talk about animal cruelty! Está bem, just kidding, but this story is a bit ridiculous. The article states that the scientists had used the voice of Limbaugh because it wasreadily available”, not because they hated him. Well that turns out not to be true, they chose Rush . . . → Leia mais: Agradecidamente, I’m not a beetle