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 . . . → Baca Lebih: Ambil yang, vertebrata!
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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. . . . → Baca Lebih: Isnin rama-rama Kongsi halaman ini! 2 komen - (Ruangan komen telah ditutup) Entomologi Mengumpul, Entomologi, Bunga, Lepidoptera, Rama-rama, Fotografi okey, 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 . . . → Baca Lebih: The Arachnologists have landed Kongsi halaman ini! 4 komen - (Ruangan komen telah ditutup) Entomologi Akademi Sains California, Mengumpul, Filipina, Labah-labah
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 . . . → Baca Lebih: Genius of the Press XVIII Kongsi halaman ini! Satu komen - (Ruangan komen telah ditutup) Entomologi, Keraguan Peraduan, Entomologi, LBAM, Kesilapan logik, Rama-rama, Keraguan 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 . . . → Baca Lebih: Mecoptera of North America Kongsi halaman ini! 4 komen - (Ruangan komen telah ditutup) Entomologi Akademi Sains California, Entomologi, Pengenalan, Mecoptera
Lelaki – Marin Headlands Seperti banyak haiwan bandar lain, Misi Blue Butterfly (Icarioides kampungan missionensis) adalah salah satu yang serius terancam. Ini kehidupan kecil biru dalam fragmen kecil habitat di samping berjuta-juta dolar pembangunan di dalam dan di sekitar Teluk San Francisco. A century ago this butterfly . . . → Baca Lebih: Misi Blue Butterfly Kongsi halaman ini! 3 komen - (Ruangan komen telah ditutup) Entomologi Rama-rama, Pemuliharaan, Spesies Terancam, Lepidoptera, Misi Blue, Fotografi
Everyone is familiar with the famous death’s head hawkmoth, tetapi saya rasa memalukan kami telah mempopularkan watak yang suram itu. Di atas ialah Neotropical Arctiinae yang lebih ceria dari Guiana Perancis yang kelihatan seperti berwajah badut. Malangnya ini bukan gambar saya, tetapi . . . → Baca Lebih: Pelanduk Ahad Kongsi halaman ini! 4 komen - (Ruangan komen telah ditutup) Entomologi Mengumpul, Perancis, Guiana Perancis, Lepidoptera, Rama-rama, Fotografi, Tropika Beberapa minggu yang lalu, saya telah dijemput untuk menyertai kelas entomologi Berkeley di lapangan untuk hujung minggu. Our destination was the Blue Oak Ranch Reserve; salah satu cadangan terbaru ke Universiti California sistem yang terletak hanya di luar San Jose di Gunung Hamilton (peta di bawah). It was a . . . → Baca Lebih: Blue Oak Ranch Rizab Kongsi halaman ini! Ruangan komen telah ditutup Entomologi Kumbang, Berkeley, Entomologi, Rama-rama, Fotografi, Labah-labah, University of California okey – 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 . . . → Baca Lebih: Misteri Revelaed Kongsi halaman ini! Satu komen - (Ruangan komen telah ditutup) Entomologi Kumbang, Coleoptera, Peraduan, Entomologi, Scaphinotus, Snail, Spesis
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 . . . → Baca Lebih: Monday mystery Kongsi halaman ini! |
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