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Plebejus samuelis
We all saw this day coming, the rise of the butterflies, the day they will take vengeance on us. No longer will they passively fly around their habitats as they are bulldozed for malls and polluted with runoff. One particularly angry Karner Blue has submitted a letter to . . . → Đọc thêm: Butterfly Vengeance Chia sẻ! Một bình luận - (Comments are closed)  Côn trùng  bướm, Bảo tồn, Loài có nguy cơ bị Tuyệt chủng, Hài hước, Lycaenidae Schinia villosa
This Monday’s moth is a duo of Schinia villosa (Noctuidae) resting on what I am assuming is their host plant (Erigeron sp.). I snapped this shot around 9,000 feet up on the Kaibab plateau in Northern Arizona last month. A fire must have burned the area a few years ago . . . → Đọc thêm: Thứ hai Moth Chia sẻ! Một bình luận - (Comments are closed) Côn trùng Arizona, Côn trùng, Hoa, Lepidoptera, bướm đêm, Nhiếp ảnh A month ago or so the California Academy of Sciences launched a full fledged expedition to the Philippines. While the majority of the cash was spent on a clipper ship and dive teams, there was a terrestrial component. While I didn’t get to go (and sat at home and pouted), I did talk some of . . . → Đọc thêm: Insects of the Philippines I Chia sẻ! 2 bình luận - (Comments are closed) Côn trùng bướm, Học viện Khoa học California, Thu thập, Côn trùng, Lepidoptera, Phi-líp-pin Last week Jim Hayden guessed the moth I posted was an Australian Oecophoridae. It was a good guess because there are so many large and stunning moths in this family from Australia. One of the best has to be this one, Wingia lambertella (Oecophoridae), captured on Black Mountain in Canberra October 23, 1955 (CAS collections). . . . → Đọc thêm: Thứ hai Moth Chia sẻ! Một bình luận - (Comments are closed) Côn trùng Học viện Khoa học California, Côn trùng, Xâm lấn loài, Lepidoptera, bướm đêm, Nhiếp ảnh This GOP is less of a challenge and more of a simple roundup of miserable stock photography. Alex Wild and others have long ago pointed out the massive failings of many stock photo sites – but here is a brief and painful lep roundup using Google. Step 1: Image search “moth on flower”. Step 2: . . . → Đọc thêm: Genius of the Press XX Chia sẻ! 5 bình luận - (Comments are closed) Côn trùng Bad Khoa học, bướm, Cuộc thi, Côn trùng, Hoa, Lepidoptera, Phương tiện truyền thông ANSWER: This wasn’t easy – but this large and beautiful moth was from Australia and is in the family Xyloryctidae (Philarista sp.). We have a handful of representatives of this group here in the US and Ted MacRae over on Beetles in the Bush has a few great photographs of them. Somehow I think we . . . → Đọc thêm: Thứ hai Moth Chia sẻ! 8 bình luận - (Comments are closed) Côn trùng Học viện Khoa học California, Cuộc thi, Côn trùng, bướm đêm, Nhiếp ảnh, Loài These large and interesting Lycidae beetles (Lycus fernandezi) were abundant in south eastern Arizona a few weeks ago. Constantly flying between flowers and moist sand they were making for easy photography targets. I thought to myself “here is a great opportunity to catch a beetle taking off!”. Wait for it… Lycus fernandezi (Lycidae) . . . → Đọc thêm: Net-Winged Beetle Chia sẻ! 2 bình luận - (Comments are closed) Côn trùng Arizona, Bọ cánh cứng, Coleoptera, Côn trùng, Nhiếp ảnh Here is another wonderful video from Warren! I am guessing this is a Choreutidae because of the way the wings are held while dancing – although it’s too fast to really get a clear look. Given that it’s from a fauna I’m totally unfamiliar with I could easily be wrong – so please correct me . . . → Đọc thêm: Dancing Moth Chia sẻ! Một bình luận - (Comments are closed) Côn trùng Côn trùng, Lepidoptera, Phương tiện truyền thông, bướm đêm, Phi-líp-pin Fresh off the presses, the Miami Blue Butterfly (MBB) is now listed as federally endangered by act of an emergency provision. Huzzah! (ngay?) Miami Blue Butterfly from Butterflies of America My first thought was “wait, wasn’t this already endangered?”. Vâng, turns out the MBB has been state-endangered since 2002 after a previous emergency . . . → Đọc thêm: NABA Turns Fish and Wildlife into Brainless Zombies Chia sẻ! 9 bình luận - (Comments are closed) Côn trùng, Người không tin Bad Khoa học, bướm, Bảo tồn, Côn trùng, Fish and Wildlife, Law, Lepidoptera, NABA, Người không tin, USFWS
This week’s moth is a video of a dancing micro from the Philippines (taken by Warren Laurde). As you might suspect this is a mating display that ends in a pretty spectacular headstand. There are lots of other microleps that have dancing or display behavior, but there are almost no other videos online . . . → Đọc thêm: Thứ hai Moth Chia sẻ! 3 bình luận - (Comments are closed) Côn trùng Hành vi, Côn trùng, Lepidoptera, Giao phối, Microlepidoptera, bướm đêm, Phi-líp-pin |
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