Von Chris Grinter, on August 1st, 2011% Chiricahua multidentata (Geometrien)
This Monday’s moth is a spectacular species from the mountains of Arizona – Chiricahua 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
Von Chris Grinter, on July 25th, 2011% This Monday I am departing from the usual Arctiinae for something completely different – a microlep! This is a Nepticulidae, Stigmella diffasciae, and it measures in at a whopping 6 Millimeter. I can’t take credit for spreading this moth – all of the nepticulids I have photographed are from the California Academy of Sciences and . . . → Weiterlesen: Montag Moth
Von Chris Grinter, am 22. Juli, 2011% 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…
Von Chris Grinter, am 18. Juli, 2011% 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 LA – although 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
Von Chris Grinter, on July 12th, 2011% 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 are “astounded”, “baffled”, “shocked”, “puzzled”, – I guess that’s a topic for another time… Nevertheless a . . . → Weiterlesen: Curators Astounded!
Von Chris Grinter, on July 11th, 2011% 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)
Dies . . . → Weiterlesen: Montag Moth
Von Chris Grinter, am 5. Juli, 2011%
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!
Von Chris Grinter, am 30. Juni, 2011%
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
Von Chris Grinter, am 20. Juni, 2011% 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
Von Chris Grinter, on June 14th, 2011% 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
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