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Lasia klettii: Photos by April Nobile, CAS For the most part flies are not an insect I get overly excited about. Cu toate acestea, the enigmatic family Acroceridae are the exception. I’ll start sharing some interesting genera from time to time – the morphology of the family is amazingly diverse. Most of my days . . . → Citeste mai mult: Zboară poate fi (într-adevăr) rece Trimiteți acest! 9 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise)  Entomologie  Acroceridae, Diptera, Entomologie, Zboară, Muzee, Specii noi, Păianjenii 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 carefully – but this week I even came . . . → Citeste mai mult: Genius de presă XVII Trimiteți acest! 5 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie Concurs, Entomologie, LBAM, Mass-media, Molii [cetsEmbedGmap src=http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.393039,-118.416824&spn=0.359452,0.715485&t=h&z=11 width=600 height=330 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 frameborder=0 scrolling=auto] 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. . . . → Citeste mai mult: Molie este oprit la Catalina Trimiteți acest! Comentariile sunt închise Entomologie, Diverse Catalina, Channel Islands, Colectare, Entomologie, Fotografie
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 a “spider infestation” by the car company, și . . . → Citeste mai mult: Natura musca inapoi Trimiteți acest!
Familia Nepticulidae deține unele dintre cele mai mici molii cunoscute, variind de la 3-8mm aripa-vârful la aripa-tip. Pentru o comparație am imagisticii două molii de mai sus: cea mai cunoscuta – Coscinocera hercules that tips the scales at nearly 9 inch, și unul dintre cele mai mici (yes that tiny little speck . . . → Citeste mai mult: Cele mai mici de molii Trimiteți acest! 7 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie Entomologie, lepidoptere, microlepidoptera, Molii, Nepticulidae, Specii noi, Paleontologie, Dăunători Shockingly, stunningly, amazingly; the monarchs are back (but not co-staring Julianne Moore). Bine, 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 said “I will . . . → Citeste mai mult: The Monarchs Are All Right Trimiteți acest! Un comentariu - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie, Scepticism Fluturi, Conservare, lepidoptere, Mass-media, Migrația, Monarchs 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?
. . . → Citeste mai mult: Genius of the Press XVI Trimiteți acest! 8 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie Fluturi, Concurs, Entomologie, lepidoptere, Mass-media (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 rapae . . . → Citeste mai mult: Fluturi pentru Bere Trimiteți acest! 4 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie Bere, Fluturi, Concurs, Entomologie, lepidoptere, Pieris rapae, UC Davis 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 . . . → Citeste mai mult: Entomophagy: molii pentru cină Trimiteți acest! 5 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie Fluturi, Conservare, Entomophagy, Food, Insects as food, lepidoptere, Mexic, Molii, Nutrition For this issue of the genius of the press, who can tell me what’s wrong with this article? It’s pretty subtle, but a clear mistake, especially for LiveScience. Trimiteți acest! |
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