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For those who saw the FOX interview with MSU entomologist Dr. Cognato (ٹھیک ہے, 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&feature=player_embedded] Take the time to register (معذرت, it’s annoying but I couldn’t find it anywhere else) and read a response to the interview by . . . → مزید پڑھیں: And now you know the rest of the story اس اشتراک کریں!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 . . . → مزید پڑھیں: Aquamoth حصہ 2 اس اشتراک کریں!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).
. . . → مزید پڑھیں: پچھلے ہفتے کے پریس آف دی جینئس کا جواب اس اشتراک کریں!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. . . . → مزید پڑھیں: ایکواموتھ! اس اشتراک کریں!Spring has come to northern California and moths are on the wing. I took a quick trip up to the Sierra foothills over the weekend and hiked up the steep slopes above the American River. Above is pictured Xanthothrix ranunculi f. albipuncta (Noctuidae: Stiriinae). It happens to be sitting on a beautiful california . . . → مزید پڑھیں: کیلیفورنیا بہار اس اشتراک کریں!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. اس اشتراک کریں!(photo credit) The monarchs have started their spring migration north and you might even see one soon (not exciting if you live in FL or HI where there are year-round residents, or in CA where there are separate overwintering spots). Reports from their winter locations in Mexico however are dismal; with possibly the lowest . . . → مزید پڑھیں: ان کے سروں کے ساتھ بند! اس اشتراک کریں!سانتا باربرا نیوز پریس میں شائع ہوا۔, موسم سرما 2009. کون مجھے بتا سکتا ہے کہ ان سرخیوں میں کیا غلط ہے۔? صفحہ اسکین کریڈٹ: اسٹورٹ ولسن. اس اشتراک کریں!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). . . . → مزید پڑھیں: Butterfly of the week اس اشتراک کریں!Because I would have been subjected to this. Talk about animal cruelty! ٹھیک ہے, 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 . . . → مزید پڑھیں: شکر ہے, I’m not a beetle اس اشتراک کریں! |
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