Pran sa, vètebre!

Mwen te konnen pou yon ti tan ke insect ak lòt envès detanzantan gen vertebre nan meni yo, men mwen pa t vrèman konnen ki jan gwo bèt yo te kapab soumèt! Menm lè mantis enpè a pwan yon kolibri diferans nan gwosè a pa menm sibstansyèl jan yo montre anba a.. This impressive video was . . . → Li piplis: Pran sa, vètebre!

Lendi vè

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

Arachnologist yo te ateri

OK, pa yon ensèk…

 

Pou twa semèn kap vini yo, kòlèg mwen yo nan laboratwa araknoloji nan Kalifòni Akademi Syans yo nan Filipin.! (non, pa jalouzi ditou…) Vwayaj la fè pati ekspedisyon CAS Hearst la, yon efò masiv ki kouvri tout depatman rechèch nou yo pou fè sondaj . . . → Li piplis: Arachnologist yo te ateri

Jeni nan laprès XVIII

 

Ki moun ki ka di m 'sa ki mal anba a? Se pa sèlman pwoblèm nan foto evidan, men otè atik la pran kèk franchi lojik pou sipòte premis li a. Ki moun ki ka di m 'ki sa ki fo lojik li yo? Mwen pa pral konekte ak tout atik la byen ankò paske yon Lepidopterist byen li te ye deja gen . . . → Li piplis: Jeni nan laprès XVIII

Mecoptera nan Amerik di Nò

Tubèrkul Merope

New to the web this week is an excellent resource on the Mecoptera of North America. Dr. Norm Penny te mete ansanm yon gid ilistre pou tout espès Amerik di Nò ak imaj abitid ak jenital. Pandan ke pa trè divès, the Mecoptera prove to be an enigmatic and fascinating . . . → Li piplis: Mecoptera nan Amerik di Nò

Sou entènèt jwèt Misyon Blue Papiyon an

 

Gason – Marin Headlands

Like so many other urban animals, the Mission Blue Butterfly (Plebejus icarioides missionensis) is one that is gravely imperiled. This small blue lives in tiny fragments of habitat alongside multi-million dollar development in and around the San Francisco Bay. A century ago this butterfly . . . → Li piplis: Sou entènèt jwèt Misyon Blue Papiyon an

Dimanch vè

 

Tout moun se abitye ak tèt hawkmoth lanmò a pi popilè nan, men mwen panse li se yon wont nou te vulgarize sa yo yon karaktè macabre. Pi wo pase se yon pi plis ge Neotropical Arctiinae soti nan franse gwiyane ki sanble ak li a espòtif yon figi kloun. Malerezman sa a se pa foto m ', men . . . → Li piplis: Dimanch vè

Blue Oak Ranch Rezèv

Kèk semèn de sa, mwen te envite nan yon klas entomoloji Berkeley soti nan jaden an pou fen semèn nan. Destinasyon nou an se te Blue Oak Ranch Reserve; youn nan rezèv yo dernye nan sistèm University of California ki sitiye jis deyò nan San Jose sou mòn Hamilton (kat jeyografik anba a). Se te yon . . . → Li piplis: Blue Oak Ranch Rezèv

Mistè Revelaed

OK – 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 . . . → Li piplis: Mistè Revelaed

Lendi mistè

 

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 . . . → Li piplis: Lendi mistè