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 . . . → Per saperne di più: Take that, vertebrates!
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Whoops, 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, California. The asters were thick in the valleys below the snow capped Sierra, and the moths were abundant. . . . → Per saperne di più: Lunedi Moth Condividi questo! 2 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi) Entomologia Raccolta, Entomologia, Fiori, Lepidotteri, falene, Fotografia Ok, 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 . . . → Per saperne di più: The Arachnologists have landed Condividi questo! 4 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi) Entomologia California Academy of Sciences, Raccolta, Filippine, Ragni
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 . . . → Per saperne di più: Genio della stampa XVIII Condividi questo! Un commento - (I commenti sono chiusi) Entomologia, Scetticismo Concorso, Entomologia, LBAM, Fallacie logiche, falene, Scetticismo 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 . . . → Per saperne di più: Mecoptera of North America Condividi questo! 4 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi) Entomologia California Academy of Sciences, Entomologia, Identification, Mecoptera
Maschio – Marin Headlands Come tanti altri animali urbani, la Mission Blue Butterfly (Plebejus icarioides missionensis) è uno che è gravemente in pericolo. Questo piccolo blu vive in minuscoli frammenti di habitat insieme a uno sviluppo multimilionario all'interno e intorno alla baia di San Francisco. Un secolo fa questa farfalla . . . → Per saperne di più: La missione Blue Butterfly Condividi questo! 3 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi) Entomologia Farfalle, Conservazione, Specie in pericolo, Lepidotteri, Missione Blu, Fotografia
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, ma . . . → Per saperne di più: Domenica Moth Condividi questo! 4 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi) Entomologia Raccolta, France, French Guiana, Lepidotteri, falene, Fotografia, Tropics Qualche settimana fa sono stato invitato a partecipare a una classe di entomologia Berkeley nel campo per il fine settimana. La nostra destinazione era il Blue Oak Ranch Reserve; una delle più recenti riserva alla University of California di sistema situato appena al di fuori di San Jose su Mount Hamilton (mappa qui sotto). E 'stato un . . . → Per saperne di più: Blu Oak Ranch Reserve Condividi questo! I commenti sono chiusi Entomologia Coleotteri, Berkeley, Entomologia, falene, Fotografia, Ragni, Università della California 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 . . . → Per saperne di più: Mystery Revelaed Condividi questo! Un commento - (I commenti sono chiusi) Entomologia Coleotteri, Coleotteri, Concorso, Entomologia, Scaphinotus, Snail, Specie
Came across this guy while out in the field the other day, what’s going on here? Points awarded for Order/Family/Genus – but even experts in this group can’t figure out the species quite yet.
(everyone in the field with me should hold . . . → Per saperne di più: Lunedì mistero Condividi questo! |
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