Legyek lehet (tényleg) hűvös

Lasia klettii: Photos by April Nobile, CAS

For the most part flies are not an insect I get overly excited about. Viszont, the enigmatic family Acroceridae are the exception. I’ll start sharing some interesting genera from time to timethe morphology of the family is amazingly diverse. Most of my days . . . → Tovább: Legyek lehet (tényleg) hűvös

Genius of the Press XVII

Usually I come across horrible entomology articles regularly enough that I save a backlog for future series. This hasn’t been the case over the last few weeks, I haven’t come across the normal array of terrible media crud. Maybe I just get jaded and stop looking as carefullybut this week I even came . . . → Tovább: Genius of the Press XVII

The Moth is off to Catalina

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Tomorrow morning I’m off for a 10 day collecting trip down to Catalina Island. I’ve been lucky enough to be invited to join Dr. Jerry Powell of UC Berkeley on a moth survey, and this will be my first time to any of the islands. . . . → Tovább: The Moth is off to Catalina

Természet harap vissza

Apparently something in the Mazda 6 fuel line is warm and inviting for the yellow sac spider, enough so that they are building webs over the vent systems of the 4 cylinder vehicles (and not the 6!). The problem has been deemed aspider infestationby the car company, és . . . → Tovább: Természet harap vissza

A legkisebb lepkék

A család Nepticulidae tartani néhányat, a legkisebb lepkék ismert, kezdve 3-8mm wing-tip szárny-tip. Egy összehasonlítás már leképezett két lepkék felett: a legnagyobb ismert – Coscinocera hercules that tips the scales at nearly 9 hüvelyk, és az egyik legkisebb (yes that tiny little speck . . . → Tovább: A legkisebb lepkék

The Monarchs Are All Right

Shockingly, stunningly, amazingly; the monarchs are back (but not co-staring Julianne Moore). Rendben, it’s not that amazing; I pretty much predicted this would be the case last March when everyone was running around terrified because the butterflies hit an all time low (since counting started in 1993). Actually I believe I saidI will . . . → Tovább: The Monarchs Are All Right

Genius of the Press XVI

A softball for this GOP challenge. This image comes care of the Victoria Advocate (TX paper) – with a poorly written article about butterflies. This image flop is pretty easy, but for extra points who can tell me what else is incorrect in the text?

 

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Butterflies for Beer

(Credit: David Cappaert, Insectimages.org)

 

If you happen to be living out in Yolo, Solano or Sacramento counties you should head out with a net. Dr.. Art Shaprio has offered for the 40th year his cabbage white butterfly competition. If you are the very first person to catch a cabbage white (Pieris Rapa . . . → Tovább: Butterflies for Beer

Entomophagy: lepkék vacsorára

I have always known that in many places of the world, especially off the beaten track, caterpillars of moths and butterflies are on the menu. From Africa to Australia there are dozens of species that might taste good enough to be reasonably edible or even delicious. But here in the US insects rarely if . . . → Tovább: Entomophagy: lepkék vacsorára

Genius a sajtó XV

Ezt a kérdést, a zseni, a sajtó, aki tudja megmondani, hogy mi a baj ezzel a cikkel? Elég finom, de egyértelmű hiba, különösen a LiveScience.