Musės gali būti (tikrai) Saunus

Lasia klettii: Nuotraukos April Nobile, CASE

Daugeliu atvejų musės nėra vabzdys, dėl kurio aš per daug jaudinuosi. Tačiau, mįslinga Acroceridae šeima yra išimtis. Kartkartėmis pradėsiu dalintis įdomiomis rūšimis – šeimos morfologija stebėtinai įvairi. Didžiąją dalį mano dienų . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Musės gali būti (tikrai) Saunus

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 . . . → Skaityti daugiau: 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. . . . → Skaityti daugiau: The Moth is off to Catalina

Nature bites back

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, ir . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Nature bites back

The tiniest of moths

The family Nepticulidae hold some of the smallest moths known, ranging from 3-8mm wing-tip to wing-tip. For a comparison I have imaged two moths above: the largest knownCoscinocera hercules that tips the scales at nearly 9 colių, and one of the smallest (yes that tiny little speck . . . → Skaityti daugiau: The tiniest of moths

The Monarchs Are All Right

Shockingly, stunningly, amazingly; the monarchs are back (but not co-staring Julianne Moore). Gerai, 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 . . . → Skaityti daugiau: 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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Drugeliai prie alaus

(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 iš . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Drugeliai prie alaus

Entomofagija: kandys vakarienei

Visada tai žinojau daugelyje pasaulio vietų, ypač ne iš vėžių, valgiaraštyje yra kandžių ir drugelių vikšrai. Nuo Afrikos iki Australijos yra daugybė rūšių, kurių skonis gali būti pakankamai geras, kad būtų pakankamai valgomas ar net skanus. Bet čia JAV vabzdžių retai, jei . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Entomofagija: kandys vakarienei

Spaudos genijus XV

Už šį spaudos genijaus numerį, kas gali man pasakyti, kas negerai šiame straipsnyje? Tai gana subtilu, bet aiški klaida, ypač LiveScience.