Uzmi to, kralježnjaci!

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 . . . → Opširnije: Uzmi to, kralježnjaci!

Ponedjeljak Moljac

Whoops, it’s almost Tuesday! Above is Schinia ligeae (sovice) resting on its host plant Xylorhiza tortifolia, the Mojave Aster. I photographed this about three weeks ago outside the town of Big Pine, Kalifornija. The asters were thick in the valleys below the snow capped Sierra, and the moths were abundant. . . . → Opširnije: Ponedjeljak Moljac

The Arachnologists have landed

u redu, not an insect

 

For the next three weeks my colleagues from the Arachnology lab at the California Academy of Sciences are in the Philippines! (Ne, not jealous at all…) The trip is part of the CAS Hearst expedition, a massive effort spanning all of our research departments to survey . . . → Opširnije: The Arachnologists have landed

Genij tiska XVIII

 

Tko mi može reći što nije u redu u nastavku? Ne samo da je očiti problem fotografije, ali autor članka poduzima neke logične korake kako bi podržao svoju premisu. Tko mi može reći koje su njegove logičke pogreške? Još neću povezivati ​​cijeli članak jer je to već učinio poznati Lepidopterist . . . → Opširnije: Genij tiska XVIII

Mecoptera Sjeverne Amerike

Merope gomolj

New to the web this week is an excellent resource on the Mecoptera of North America. Dr.. Norm Penny sastavila je ilustrirani vodič za sve sjevernoameričke vrste sa slikama habitusa i genitalija. Iako nije jako raznolika, the Mecoptera prove to be an enigmatic and fascinating . . . → Opširnije: Mecoptera Sjeverne Amerike

Misija Blue Butterfly

 

Muškarac – Marin rtovi

Poput mnogih drugih urbanih životinja, Misija Blue Butterfly (Plebejus icarioides missionensis) je onaj koji ozbiljno je ugrožena. Ovaj mali plavi živi u sitnim fragmentima staništa uz multi-milijun dolar razvoj ui oko San Francisca. Prije jednog stoljeća ovaj leptir . . . → Opširnije: Misija Blue Butterfly

Nedjelja Moth

 

Everyone is familiar with the famous death’s head hawkmoth, ali mislim da je šteta što smo popularizirali tako mračan lik. Iznad je mnogo veselija Neotropical Arctiinae iz Francuske Gvajane koja izgleda kao da ima lice klauna. Nažalost ovo nije moja fotografija, ali . . . → Opširnije: Nedjelja Moth

Blue Oak Ranch Reserve

A few weeks ago I was invited to join a Berkeley entomology class out in the field for the weekend. Our destination was the Blue Oak Ranch Reserve; one of the newest reserves to the University of California system located just outside of San Jose on Mount Hamilton (map below). It was a . . . → Opširnije: Blue Oak Ranch Reserve

Mystery Revelaed

u redu – a few apologies for not having full images *yet* of the larvae in question (I will in a few days!). Over the weekend I was out with a group of Berkeley students on Mount Hamilton and PhD candidate Meghan Culpepper collected a few species of Scaphinotus and a some larvae! So the specimen . . . → Opširnije: Mystery Revelaed

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 . . . → Opširnije: Monday mystery