Tóg é sin, veirteabraigh!

I’ve known for a while that beetles and other inverts occasionally have vertebrates on their menu, but I didn’t really know how large of an animal they could subdue! Even when the odd mantis grabs a hummingbird the size difference is not as substantial as is shown below. This impressive video was . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Tóg é sin, veirteabraigh!

Dé Luain Leamhan

Whoops, tá sé beagnach Dé Máirt! Tá Os cionn Schinia ligeae (Noctuidae) resting ar a plandaí óstach Xylorhiza tortifolia, an Aster Mojave. Grianghraf mé thart ar thrí seachtaine ó shin lasmuigh den bhaile de Big Pine, California. Bhí na asters tiubh sna gleannta faoi bhun an sneachta tSáile Siarra, agus bhí na leamhain flúirseach. . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Dé Luain Leamhan

Tháinig na Seandálaithe i dtír

OK, not an insect

 

Ar feadh na dtrí seachtaine atá romhainn tá mo chomhghleacaithe ón saotharlann Seandálaíochta ag Acadamh Eolaíochtaí California sna hOileáin Fhilipíneacha! (aon, ní éad ar chor ar bith…) Tá an turas mar chuid de thuras CAS Hearst, a massive effort spanning all of our research departments to survey . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Tháinig na Seandálaithe i dtír

Genius an Phreasa XVIII

 

Who can tell me what’s wrong below? Not only is it the obvious photo problem, but the author of the article takes some logical leaps to support his premise. Who can tell me what his logical fallacies are? I won’t link to the entire article quite yet because a well known Lepidopterist has already . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Genius an Phreasa XVIII

Mecoptera of North America

Merope tuber

New to the web this week is an excellent resource on the Mecoptera of North America. Dr. Norm Penny has put together an illustrated guide to all the North American species with habitus and genitalia images. While not very diverse, the Mecoptera prove to be an enigmatic and fascinating . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Mecoptera of North America

Misean Féileacán Blue

 

Fireann – Marin ceann tíre

Cosúil le sin go leor ainmhithe uirbeacha eile, an Gorm Misean Féileacán (Plebejus icarioides missionensis) tá sé ar cheann go bhfuil nguais gravely. Seo saol beag gorm i blúirí beaga gnáthóige taobh il-milliún dollar Forbairt i agus timpeall an San Francisco Bay. A century ago this butterfly . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Misean Féileacán Blue

Domhnach Maighean

 

Everyone is familiar with the famous death’s head hawkmoth, but I think it’s a shame we have popularized such a grim character. Above is a much more cheery Neotropical Arctiinae from French Guiana that looks like it’s sporting a clown face. Sadly this isn’t my photograph, ach . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Domhnach Maighean

Blue Darach Cúlchiste feirm

Tá cúpla seachtain ó shin tugadh cuireadh dom a bheith páirteach i rang feithideolaíocht Berkeley amach i réimse an deireadh seachtaine. Bhí ár scríbe an Darach Gorm Cúlchiste feirm; ar cheann de na cúlchistí is nua go dtí an córas Ollscoil California lonnaithe díreach taobh amuigh de San Jose ar Mount Hamilton (léarscáil thíos). Bhí sé . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Blue Darach Cúlchiste feirm

Nocht an rúndiamhair

OK – le leithscéal a ghabháil cúpla i dtaobh gan íomhánna iomlán * fóill * de na larbhaí i gceist (Beidh mé i gceann cúpla lá!). Thar an deireadh seachtaine a bhí mé amach le grúpa de mhic léinn Berkeley ar Mount Hamilton agus PhD iarrthóir Meghan Culpepper bailíodh roinnt speiceas de Scaphinotus agus larbhaí éigin! Mar sin, an t-eiseamal . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Nocht an rúndiamhair

Monday mystery

 

Came across this guy while out in the field the other day, what’s going on here? Points awarded for Order/Family/Genusbut even experts in this group can’t figure out the species quite yet.

 

(everyone in the field with me should hold . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Monday mystery