By Chris Grinter, nyob rau lub plaub hlis mus. VIII, 2010
Kuv twb tau lub remiss ntawm ntaus tej ncauj lus tsis tu ncua txoj kev sib tw, ces kuv mam sim mus tos tus pace. Leej twg thiaj qhia rau kuv txhua yam txog npauj npaim no? Qhov tseem uas koj nyob nraum tau yog tias nws yog los ntawm tus thaj tsis tag ib nrab teb chaws Asmeskas. Daim credit rau tsev neeg, genus los yog hom thiab tsis zoo daim credit rau subspecies thiab nws nyob qhov twg los.
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Nyob tswj kom zoo nkauj sai ID no lep uas stunning neeg rau ib kab-txiv leej tub. Koj lep-ers nyeem qhov no yuav tau tswj koj lub taub hau rau hauv txaj muag rau tsis dhia rau nws ceev.
Raws li hais hauv cov lus, npauj npaim no flies tsuas nyob ib ncig ntawm lub resort nroog ntawm Cloudcroft, New Mexico hauv Sacramento toj siab. Xyoo lawv muaj tau sib ntaus no muaj no ua ib hom endangered muaj, tiam sis muaj tejyam ntawm txhua txoj kev los (qhov tshiab tshaj rejection yog lub yim hli ntuj 2009). Lub nroog relies yuav luag heev dua lwm yam rau caij ntuj no caij ski resorts thiab developers tau muab los sib ntaus tau tiv thaiv. Thaj tsam tag nrho yog tsis pub dhau lub Lincoln National Forest, tab sis lawv tsuas muaj kaw mus npauj npaim muab khaws tseg, tsis tau muaj txoj kev loj hlob. Thaum thov cov kev pab tom hav zoov los txog no npauj npaim lawv unequivocally xeev tias cov checkerspot yog lawv (Txawm tias nws tsis yog). Kiag lawv tsis xav kom koj sau rau nws – tab sis, yog hais tias koj kam ob peb vam tsim cov vaj tse, yog ib zaj dabneeg sib txawv.
Kuv zaum rapt pem lub taub hau kuv lub TV Sunday menyuam qhov tseeb phuv ntawm koob BBC/foundations “Lub neej”. Thawj qhov uas yuav tuaj cuag kuv siab… “Vim li cas muaj Oprah xaiv los hais dabneeg!?” Lawm, Kuv tos kom cov kab tshwj xeeb rau cov huab cua ua ntej kuv blogged txog qhov no, tab sis rov mloog Oprah rau ob peb lis piam tas los no twb tau khawb xav kuv ob lub qhov muag. Kuv twv kuv yuav tau tawm thiab muas cov BBC version nrog lub suab ntawm Sir David Attenborough iconic xwb…
Tau ib tug zoo tuav ntawm dev leg npaum li cas xwb Oprah yog, koj saib tau qhov tib clip rau foundations. Kuv yeej tsis xam Oprah yuav anything ze kom nws ncav minded – thiab nws lavish kev pab txhawb cov Jenny McCarthy proves kis. Rau cov neeg uas tsis tuaj paub – McCarthy yog cov proponent rau ntawm lub qhov txhaj tshuaj los tiv thaiv no. Koj txawm mus kom deb li deb li attributing nws PR yaum mus tiv thaiv tau kev tuag. Kuv yuav tau rov qab mus rau qhov kawm lwm lub sij hawm.
Rov qab mus rau lub npe ntawm tes. Tam sim no muaj ib kab tej footage incredibly stunning, thiab ob peb vignettes txog kab lub neej kuv yuav tsis muaj lwm yam no xwb puas pom. No mas, li lawm hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas version lub neej me ntsis rov sau nrog pes tsawg luab tshab. Kav yooj yim yuav hloov ntawm “nws txawm tsis nyob hauv qhov mus ob peb vas” mus “uh-huag, zoo li mob taub hau”. Nkawd zoo ib yam li ib kauj ruam mus ua kuv, albeit ib tug me me quav. Kuv twb tseem annoyed me ntsis nrog rau vertebrates continual kom pom tseeb – noog uas noj yoov, bears uas noj cov zib ntab, lizards ntsi xws li Carabids – thiab anthropomorphizing tswv yim, e.g. Cov ntsaum “crowning fawb zej zos loj txoj… qhov ze tshaj plaws tsuag rau tib neeg lub zos”. Txawm nws yuav muaj tseeb tias cov ntsaum giant colonies superficially zoo li tib neeg lub zos, Kuv tsis hu nws tus “kab crowning fawb”. Siab boggling complexity, yog – tiam sis overshadowing lwm yam uas tsis yog tus zauv txhia? No txhua nqaiv nqes los tus cuav premise tias evolution striving rau cov tib neeg zoo li cov qualities li thiab yog directional.
Tab sis tsis muaj dab tsi ua zoo overly hais txog. Qhov ntau haiv neeg lus thiab lub ntiaj teb kab complexity, Kuv tsis tseem tau txaus siab rau ob lub lis piam footage khoom. Kuv yuav hlub li cas yog nyob rau hauv pem teb tej chav saib!
Yog ib hnub zo nkauj hnub no nyob rau sab bay, ces kuv mus Napa thiab hav Pope taws. Kuv yog scouting tej chaw uas zoo tshiab heev rau lub paj me me npauj, Heliolonche celeris, uas thaj yog tos ntxiv contiguous zoo zoo los mam li tawm. Caij ntuj no nws kuj yog khu kuj nce mentsis vim yog txhua yam ntawm tus mob khaub thuas thiab nag, tab sis kuv paub hopes kom vam meej tuaj mus ntsib ib ob asthiv tuav. Txawm li cas los, Kuv yeej tuaj nyob ib handful uas zoo nkauj microleps. Tag nrho cov npaub yog nyob hauv lub genus Adela thiab tsev neeg Adelidae (los yog ib txhia yuav hais Kuvncurvariidae). Lawv feem ntau hu ua “npaub fairy” vim lawv yuav tshwm sim li las voos pem thaj ua rau thaj paj – uas yog thaj fairies nyiam ua. Nws ntsia li tej caug nyob defending ib cheeb tsam, muaj ob peb zuj zus, twirling thoob each-other ob peb nti saum lub blossoms. Kuv xav tias cov seev cev muaj hwv vim tsis muaj pos muaj cai. Thaum cov pojniam muaj ntev antennae, hauv caug coj los tshaj. Kuv sau ib series zoo tab sis kuv tsis nailed cia lub hom tau – muaj pes tsawg ua koj saib? Thankfully, tag nrho cov Adelidae yog qhov luag kam them rau ib 1969 daim ntawv ntawm Jerry Powell, leej twg tseem muaj nyob hauv txoj kev kuv.
Tom qab uas saib los ntawm tus collections no ntawm cov CAS, thiab nyeem cov monograph, nws zoo li li no feem ntau yog Adela trigrapha. Nws yog ib qho Adelid San Francisco Bay cheeb tsam thiab feem ntau yog hom twg nqaum ntawm CA. Variation yog muab sau kom tau ntau heev, nrog lawm thiab unbroken bands raws li variation ntawm tus muaj liab rau cov yas. Tus Adelid yog yooj yim ID los yuav Adela flammeusella.
Cov huab rhuav no tav su rau San Francisco thiab lub tshav pib ci. Cov huab cua sov yavtom ntej vim raug yuam ib tug paub ib yam nkaus thiab tag nrho lawm, ib qho uas kuv yuav tsum tawm mus sau cov kab thiab tsis zaum nyob hauv tsev! Thaum kuv twb tau mus ib handful qhov chaw no rau lub caij nplooj hlav, Kuv muaj ib lub caij ntev uas muab tom ntej. Nrhiav rau pem hauv ntej kuv pab tsis tau, tiam sis yuav muaj kev cuam tshuam rau ntawm ob lub spectacular lawm xyoo sab hnub poob lawm muab kuv. Mus illustrate kuv yees, ntawm no yog ib lub npe duab ntawm kuv lub ntsiab lus Google ntiaj teb GPS.
Txhua tus chij nruab nrab yog ib collecting kem event (disregard cov pins daj), thaum lub caij nplooj zeeg 2007 thiab lub caij ntuj no 2009. Kuv muaj tsis cia taug qab cov cov mais rau cov nplooj siab muab khaws tseg mus ua si (kab tias kom tsis txhob poob siab), tab sis, nws yuav tsum tau nce 30,000. Kuv tus Hasdas Accord kuj tsis yog ib lub tsheb raug tshav, tab sis nws yuav ua rau qhov kev ncua deb tshuam ntau nqis. Kiag rau ob tug ca log tsheb thiab tawg losis tsis pab. Koj yuav tau yooj yim paub tias kuv nyob rau yav qab teb California nrog ntawd giant blob ntawm tus chij. Feem ntau ntawm cov neeg muaj teem nyob rau hauv cov cheeb nroog raug Barbara, uas yielded ob hom tshiab thiab cov ntaub ntawv rau lub nroog dozens. Arizona los nrog ob tug thib ob 10 ib hnub mus ua si nrog txhua hmo nyob rau hauv ib qho chaw sib txawv. Kuv mam li ua pub dawb rau southwest dhau lub caij ntuj sov thiab tsav lub voj ntev los ntawm kev uas nyob nruab ntsab dua kawm kom ob thiab ib nrab hnub lis piam. Kuv kuag ib ncig 4,000 lepidoptera thiab muaj tab tom muab cov finishing touches rau ntawm qhov kev xeem ntawm lub nrws. Li ntawd, nyob deb, tsuas muaj ib hom tshiab – tshem ib tib tug me me ntawm ib Acrolophidae me me los ntawm thaj Texas (txiav txim los ntawm Peter Jump uas yog sau ntawv rau MONA fascicle rau cov pab pawg). Txaus lawm los tseem ID.
Ntawm lub Rooj Tswjhwm Saib rau lub xyoo no: Ib qho chaw twg los Leavenworth, Washington rau lub 2010 Lepidopterists’ Lub neej sib tham. Qhov ob limtiam txawv tebchaws muab khaws tseg yuav tua sab qaum teb mus rau Washington ces ntxees sab hnub tuaj mus txog Idaho, Utah thiab Nevada rau txoj kev hauv tsev. Tab sis raws li ib txwm, Arizona thiab Mexico no beaconing. Thiab tam sim no tias kuv nyob hauv Berkeley kuv yuav tau nkag tau rau hauv cov Sierra ob peb ntau zaug xyoo no!
Daim daim duab no yog lub creation ntawm Robert J. Lang. Yuav muaj yog hais tias koj tau pom ib co insane origami dua tias tus neeg ntawd nws creation. Yog, cov uas tau ua los ntawm ib zaug xwb daim ntawv uncut. Nws muab cov crease txawv dua ntais ntawm nws designs, tiam sis ua tau folding tej yam ntawm tus qauv kom muaj yeej ua yuav luag tsis paub txog qhov sib lawv liag. Nws yog impressive heev, tab sis, yog hais tias koj lub lazier, koj yuav muab txiav thiab quav tawm koj kab lus xwb.
