Мухи могут быть (что правда) прохладно

Lasia klettii: Photos by April Nobile, CAS

For the most part flies are not an insect I get overly excited about. Однако, 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 . . . → Подробнее: Мухи могут быть (что правда) прохладно

Гений прессы 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 . . . → Подробнее: Гений прессы 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. . . . → Подробнее: 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, и . . . → Подробнее: Nature bites back

Самая маленькая из мотыльков

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 дюймы, and one of the smallest (yes that tiny little speck . . . → Подробнее: Самая маленькая из мотыльков

Монархи Are All Right

Shockingly, stunningly, amazingly; the monarchs are back (but not co-staring Julianne Moore). Хорошо, 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 . . . → Подробнее: Монархи Are All Right

Genius пресс-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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Бабочки для пива

(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. Доктор. 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 (Пиерис рапэ . . . → Подробнее: Бабочки для пива

Энтомофагия: моли на ужин

Я всегда знал, что во многих местах мира, особенно в глуши, Гусеницы моли и бабочек на меню. От Африки до Австралии существуют десятки видов, которые могут вкус достаточно хорош, чтобы быть достаточно съедобно и даже вкусно. Но здесь, в насекомых США редко, если . . . → Подробнее: Энтомофагия: моли на ужин

Гений прессы XV

За этот номер гения прессы, кто может сказать мне, что не так в этой статье? Это довольно тонко, но явная ошибка, специально для LiveScience.