Ħu li, vertebrati!

Stajt magħrufa għal waqt dik ħanfus u inverts oħra kultant ikollhom il-vertebrati skond menu tagħhom, imma jien ma verament jafu kif kbira ta 'annimal li jistgħu subdue! Anke meta l-mantis fard grabs Hummingbird-differenza daqs mhux bħala sostanzjali kif muri hawn isfel. Dan il-video impressjonanti kien . . . → Aqra Aktar: Ħu li, vertebrati!

It-tnejn Moth

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. . . . → Aqra Aktar: It-tnejn Moth

L-Araknologi niżlu l-art

kollox sew, 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 . . . → Aqra Aktar: L-Araknologi niżlu l-art

Ġenju tal-Istampa XVIII

 

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 . . . → Aqra Aktar: Ġenju tal-Istampa XVIII

Mecoptera ta 'l-Amerika ta' Fuq

Merope tuberu

New to the web this week is an excellent resource on the Mecoptera of North America. dr. Norm Penny ġabar gwida illustrata għall-ispeċi kollha tal-Amerika ta 'Fuq b'immaġini tal-habitus u tal-ġenitali. Filwaqt li mhux differenti ħafna, the Mecoptera prove to be an enigmatic and fascinating . . . → Aqra Aktar: Mecoptera ta 'l-Amerika ta' Fuq

Il-Blue Butterfly Missjoni

 

Raġel – Marin Headlands

Bħal annimali tant urbani oħra, il-Blue Butterfly Missjoni (Icarioides plebeian missionensis) hija waħda li hija gravement ipperikolata. Dan ħajjiet blu żgħar fi frak żgħar ta 'ħabitat flimkien miljun multi iżvilupp dollaru fi u madwar il San Francisco Bay. A century ago this butterfly . . . → Aqra Aktar: Il-Blue Butterfly Missjoni

Il-Ħadd Moth

 

Everyone is familiar with the famous death’s head hawkmoth, imma naħseb huwa mistħija għandna popularized tali karattru skura. Hawn fuq huwa neotropikali Arctiinae ħafna aktar cheery minn Guiana Franċiż li qisu huwa sportivi wiċċ clown. Sfortunatament dan mhux ritratt tiegħi, iżda . . . → Aqra Aktar: Il-Ħadd Moth

Blue Oak Ranch Riserva

Ftit ġimgħat ilu ġejt mistieden biex ningħaqad ma’ klassi ta’ entomoloġija ta’ Berkeley barra fil-qasam fi tmiem il-ġimgħa. Id-destinazzjoni tagħna kienet il-Blue Oak Ranch Reserve; waħda mir-riżervi l-aktar ġodda għas-sistema tal-Università ta’ Kalifornja li tinsab eżatt barra minn San Jose fuq Mount Hamilton (mappa hawn taħt). Kien a . . . → Aqra Aktar: Blue Oak Ranch Riserva

misteru Revelaed

kollox sew – 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 . . . → Aqra Aktar: misteru Revelaed

It-tnejn misteru

 

Sab dan Guy filwaqt li fil-qasam l-oħra jum, x'inhu għaddej hawn? Punti mogħtija għall Ordni / familja / Ġeneru – iżda anke l-esperti f'dan il-grupp ma tistax figura l-ispeċi għadhom pjuttost.

 

(kulħadd fil-qasam miegħi għandhom iżommu . . . → Aqra Aktar: It-tnejn misteru