Bu al, omurgalılar!

Ben böcekleri ve diğer çevirir bazen kendi menüsünde omurgalıların var bir süredir tanıyorum, ama gerçekten onlar bastırmak olabilecek bir hayvanın ne kadar büyük olduğunu bilmiyordum! Garip mantis bir sinek kuşu kapmak bile aşağıda gösterildiği gibi boyut farkı kadar önemli değildir. Bu etkileyici bir video oldu . . . → Devamı: Bu al, omurgalılar!

Pazartesi Güve

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, Kaliforniya. The asters were thick in the valleys below the snow capped Sierra, and the moths were abundant. . . . → Devamı: Pazartesi Güve

The Arachnologists have landed

Tamam, not an insect

 

For the next three weeks my colleagues from the Arachnology lab at the California Academy of Sciences are in the Philippines! (HAYIR, not jealous at all…) The trip is part of the CAS Hearst expedition, a massive effort spanning all of our research departments to survey . . . → Devamı: The Arachnologists have landed

Genius of the Press 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 . . . → Devamı: Genius of the Press XVIII

Mecoptera of North America

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 . . . → Devamı: Mecoptera of North America

Misyon Mavi Kelebek

 

Erkek – 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 . . . → Devamı: Misyon Mavi Kelebek

Pazar Güvesi

 

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, ama . . . → Devamı: Pazar Güvesi

Blue Oak Ranch Rezervi

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 . . . → Devamı: Blue Oak Ranch Rezervi

Gizem revelaed

Tamam – 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 . . . → Devamı: Gizem revelaed

Pazartesi gizem

 

Ederken, diğer gün sahadayken bu adam geldi, Burada neler oluyor? Sipariş / Aile / Genus için puanla ödüllendirildi – ama bu grupta bile uzmanlar oldukça henüz türlerin çözemiyorum.

 

(Benimle alanında herkesin tutmak gerekir . . . → Devamı: Pazartesi gizem