Montag Moth

Chiricahua multidentata (Geometrien)

This Monday’s moth is a spectacular species from the mountains of ArizonaChiricahua multidentata, a Geometrid. The only known location for this species is at the very top of the Chiricahua mountains above 9,000 Füße (which was just bruned to a crisp). Hopefully the fire was not . . . → Weiterlesen: Montag Moth

Montag Moth

This Monday I am departing from the usual Arctiinae for something completely differenta microlep! This is a Nepticulidae, Stigmella diffasciae, and it measures in at a whopping 6 Millimeter. I can’t take credit for spreading this mothall of the nepticulids I have photographed are from the California Academy of Sciences and . . . → Weiterlesen: Montag Moth

Genius of the Press XIX

It’s been a little while since the last GOP challenge, but this is a softball. I’m hoping they were just too lazy to find a more suitable image

 

 

Montag Moth

I’ll keep the ball rolling with Arctiinae and post a photo today of Ctenucha brunnea. This moth can be common in tall grasses along beaches from San Francisco to LAalthough in recent decades the numbers of this moth have been declining with habitat destruction and the invasion of beach grass (Ammophila arenaria). Aber . . . → Weiterlesen: Montag Moth

Curators Astounded!

Well as you may have guessed the subject isn’t as shocking as my title suggests, but I couldn’t help but to spin from the Guardian article. I really find it hilarious when I come across anything that says scientists areastounded”, “baffled”, “shocked”, “puzzled”, – I guess that’s a topic for another timeNevertheless a . . . → Weiterlesen: Curators Astounded!

Montag Moth

Today’s moth is a beautiful and rare species from SE Arizona and Mexico: Lerina incarnata (Erebidae: Arctiinae). Like many other day flying species it is brilliantly colored and quite likely aposematic. After all, the host plant is a milkweed and the caterpillar is just as stunning (unten).

Lerina incarnata (Erebidae: Arctiinae)

 

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Alle Neue, Angriff Moths!

Es scheint, als gäbe es ein Übergewicht der Legenden, die Insekten kriechen ins Gesicht, während wir schlafen einbeziehen. Der bekannteste Mythos ist etwas entlang der Linien von “du isst 8 Spinnen im Schlaf ein Jahr“. Eigentlich, wenn Sie Google, dass die Zahl im Bereich von 4 bis 8… bis zu . . . → Weiterlesen: Alle Neue, Angriff Moths!

Die unglaublich laute Welt des Käfersex

Micronecta scholtzi

Die Hügel der europäischen Landschaft sind im Chor der Verliebten lebendig, schreiend, männliche Wasserwanzen. Das kleine Insekt oben, Micronecta scholtzi (Corixidae), measures in at a whopping 2.3mm and yet produces a clicking/buzzing sound easily audible to the human ear above the water surface. To put that in . . . → Weiterlesen: Die unglaublich laute Welt des Käfersex

Montag Moth

Ich werde den Ball mit dieser Serie am Laufen halten und versuchen, sie regelmäßiger zu machen. Ich werde mich auch darauf konzentrieren, jede Woche eine neue Art aus den riesigen Sammlungen hier an der California Academy of Sciences hervorzuheben. Das sollte mir genug Material dafür geben… mindestens ein paar hundert Jahre.

Gramm . . . → Weiterlesen: Montag Moth

Arizona on Fire

Maps/containment % updated: 16 Juni

As July approaches I being to look forward to the Pacific Coast meeting of the Lepidopterists’ Gesellschaft. This year it will take place in Prescott Arizona, über 2 hours north of Phoenix. And as of this moment it is one of the few places in Arizona not on fire. . . . → Weiterlesen: Arizona on Fire