Chris Grinter, on June 7th, 2011%
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 . . . → Tovább: Take that, vertebrates!
Chris Grinter, on May 30th, 2011%
Hoppá, it’s almost Tuesday! Above is Schinia ligeae (Noctuidae) resting on its host plant Xylorhiza tortifolia, the Mojave Aster. I photographed this about three weeks ago outside the town of Big Pine, Kalifornia. The asters were thick in the valleys below the snow capped Sierra, and the moths were abundant. . . . → Tovább: Hétfő Moth
Chris Grinter, on May 9th, 2011% Rendben, not an insect…
For the next three weeks my colleagues from the Arachnology lab at the California Academy of Sciences are in the Philippines! (no, not jealous at all…) The trip is part of the CAS Hearst expedition, a massive effort spanning all of our research departments to survey . . . → Tovább: The Arachnologists have landed
Chris Grinter, on May 7th, 2011%
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 . . . → Tovább: Genius of the Press XVIII
Chris Grinter, május 6-án, 2011% 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 . . . → Tovább: Észak-Amerika mecoptera
Chris Grinter, május 2-án, 2011%
Férfi – 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 . . . → Tovább: A Mission Blue Butterfly
Chris Grinter, április 24-én, 2011%
Everyone is familiar with the famous death’s head hawkmoth, de azt hiszem, ez egy szégyen, népszerűsítették ilyen komor jellegű. Fent egy sokkal vidám Neotropical Arctiinae francia Guyana, hogy néz ki ez a sport a bohóc arca. Sajnos ez nem az én fénykép, de . . . → Tovább: Vasárnap Moth
Chris Grinter, on April 18th, 2011% 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 . . . → Tovább: Blue Oak Ranch Reserve
Chris Grinter, április 6-án, 2011% Rendben – néhány elnézést azért, mert nincsenek teljes képei * a kérdéses lárvákról (Néhány nap múlva megteszem!). A hétvégén egy Berkeley-diákcsoporttal voltam a Hamilton-hegyen, és PhD-jelölt Meghan Culpepper összegyűjtött néhány Scaphinotus-fajt és néhány lárvát! Tehát a példány . . . → Tovább: Rejtély Revelaed
Chris Grinter, április 4-én, 2011%
Jött át ez a srác, miközben a terepen a minap, mi folyik itt? Pontok a rend / család / Genus – de még a szakértők ebben a csoportban nem tud rájönni a faj elég még.
(mindenki a téren velem kell tartani . . . → Tovább: Hétfő rejtély
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