 Schinia villosa
No hnub Monday npauj yog ib duo ntawm Schinia villosa (Noctuidae) saum dab tsi kuv kuv piv txwv tias yog lawv tus tswv tsev cog (Erigeron sp.). Kuv tub nov txhaj ib ncig 9,000 taw mus rau lub Kaibab toj siab nyob rau qaum teb Arizona lub hli tas los. Taws yuav tsum tau kub tuag thaj tsam li ob peb xyoos dhau los vim cov wildflowers nyob tuab nrad raug hluav taws chwv seem ntawm ponderosa pines thiab cov npaub nyob qhov txhia chaw. Muab daim ntawv!Ib lub hlis dhau los los yog kom ib txhij fledged California Academy of Sciences launched ntoj ke mus kawm rau cov Philippines. Thaum uas feem ntau ntawm cov nyiaj siv rau ib clipper nkoj thiab ntsaub paab, yog muaj kev tivthaiv terrestrial. Thaum uas kuv tsis tau mus (thiab zaum hauv tsev thiab pouted), Kuv puas tau hais ib txhia kuv kab laug sab lug txhawb cov miv ua muab lepidoptera rau kuv. Kuv yuav teb li no muaj tsawg kawg, tab sis lawv tau ib txoj hauj lwm zoo muab leps, thiab kuv yuav maj mam ua hauj lwm ntawm lawv noj (tsaug Nataliya, Vanessa thiab Hannah!). Ntawm no yog ob peb butterflies lawv ntes tau ib tug – thiab kuv yuav xav qhov no txawm tuaj mus sib vim nws twb packed nrog cov npaub (twg butterflies tej zaum ua). Yog no stunning Lycaenidae Catapaecilma evansi, qhia los ntawm David (indowings) dhau ntawm InsectNet, tsaug!  Catapaecilma evansi (Lycaenidae) Muab daim ntawv! 2 Comments - (Lus raug kaw)  Entomology  Butterflies, California Academy ntawm Sciences, Muab khaws tseg, Entomology, Lepidoptera, Philippines Xya hnub Jim Hayden guessed tus npauj kuv muab lo yog ib pawg Oecophoridae. Nws yog ib cov zoo xam vim muaj cov muaj coob coob thiab stunning npaub hauv no tsev neeg ntawm Australia. Yog ib qhov zoo tshaj plaws kom muaj no ib, Wingia lambertella (Oecophoridae), yog tej saum cov roob dub Canberra lub kaum hli ntuj 23, 1955 (Case collections). Cov menyuam kab noj Eucalyptus – thiab kuv yus xav qhov no yog ib qho introduced hom no. Peb muaj tus no pesky tus ntoo zaws, vim tus npauj tsis mus nrog?  Wingia lambertella (Oecophoridae)
Muab daim ntawv! Saib ib - (Lus raug kaw) Entomology California Academy ntawm Sciences, Entomology, Tus hom, Lepidoptera, Npaub, Yees duab Cov GOP no yog qhov tsawg yuav sib tw ib thiab ob lub yooj yim puav uas npaj photography tu siab heev. Alex Wild thiab lwm tus tau ntev dhau los taw tes qhia tawm lub failings loj heev ntawm ntau qhov chaw npaj Diam duab – tab sis, ntawm no yog ib nyuag thiab mob lep puav siv Google. Kauj ruam 1: Tsis mus nrhiav duab “npauj rau paj”. Kauj ruam 2: Facepalm. Ntawm no yog ib lub npe duab ntawm thawj nplooj ntawv ntsiab. Excluding cov duab uas muaj tsis muaj npaub thiab yog “paj npauj” (= Phalaenopsis orchids) – tsuas 4 tawm ntawm 18 cov dluab yog! Kuv yuav muab rau koj 6/18 Yog koj suav cov duab ob obviously staged… tab sis, ntawm no yog kuv sau yam pib nrog 1 = saum tu qab thiab 26 = hauv qab txoj cai. (daim ntawv teev hauv qab no)
1) ua li, pib zoo! Qhov no zoo li ib tug Manduca hom (Sphingidae) pub ib tug Datura paj. Kuv twb pom no kuv tus kheej rau cov qus – yawm capture! 2) Orchid 3) Nqes hav mus. Obviously ib tug npauj npaim – Phoebis hom (Pieridae). 4) Npauj npaim Lycaenidae – Callophrys hom. 5) Hesperiidae – npauj npaim skipper. 6) Lwm npauj! Xav zoo li tus Autographa hom (Noctuidae). 7) Yeej tus npauj, tiam sis ib yam dab tsi kuv mob txawv txawv. 8 ) Hyles npauj sphinx nectaring. Zim zuag, tab sis ib tug npauj! 9) Lwm skipper. Vim nws yog daj tsis txhais hais tias nws yog ib tug npauj. 10) Orchid 11) Nkauj hnub nraug hli npauj rau paj. ua li, yog nws yog ib tug npauj – tab sis tu siab, ib tug duab zoo nkauj obviously staged. Actias luna tsis tau pom lub qhov ncauj – koj yuav tsis pom ib nroos zaum saum ib lub paj. 12) Tau ib skipper npauj npaim. 13) Orchid 14) Vanessa npauj npaim! Kuv xav tias yog tus poj niam Painted li li cuab kev ntawm ib tug npauj npaim tau. 15) Orchid 16) Orchid 17) Npauj npaim Pieridae hauv lub paj. 18) Orchid 19) Cisseps npauj (Arctiinae) – peb kawg tiag npauj duab. Cov webpage muaj nws hu li Pyromorpha dimidiata (Zygaenidae), tiam sis tus antennae lawm thiab qhov no tej zaum yuav ib tug tsov npauj hauv lub Ctenuchinae. 20) Huag tuaj, npauj npaim! Polygonia hom. 21) Npauj – tab sis npog, staged… Kuv yeej tuaj nyob ib Sphingidae saum lub paj zoo li no. Nrhiav tsev neeg no nkag nectars hauv lub paj, lawv yuav tsis txhob mus zaum nws zoo ib yam li idiots. 22) Orchid 23) Orchid 24) Npauj npaim, Phyciodes hom. 25) Phem staged duab puas. Nws yog tus kis mus ntawd yuav yog los kuj tsis muaj lawm photoshopped mus rau lub paj (nws zoo li wonky). Antennae lawm, torn tuaj tis… Koj yuav tau saib tus duab ntxoov ntxoo los ntawm cov koob yees duab pluaj tus npauj laug forewing. Tseem sov ua licas nws yeej muaj puav pheej ntawm tej pab pawg neeg nyob Flickr. 26) Npauj npaim tib yam li 24, nyob rau hauv cov xim.
Phew, phev heev ce dua. Muab daim ntawv! 5 Comments - (Lus raug kaw) Entomology Phem Science, Butterflies, Contest, Entomology, Paj, Lepidoptera, Tawm TEB: Qhov no tsis yog ib qho yooj yim – tab sis cov no loj thiab zoo nkauj npauj tau ntawm Australia thiab nyob hauv tsev neeg Xyloryctidae (Philarista sp.). Peb muaj ib tug handful cov neeg sawv cev ntawm pawg no nyob hauv U.S. and Ted MacRae dhau ntawm kab nyob hauv lub hav txwv yeem muaj ob peb poj duab xwb. Cas kuv xav tias peb tau mus luv kawg ntawm tus pas vim hais tias tsev neeg no nce mus txog lub ncov ntawm nws cov staggering rau hauv Australia. Nws yog kuv amazing peb tias cov tsiaj no yog hais txog lub paj me me quav grey npaub muaj! Yog qhov uas lub xam uas ib pawg Oecophorid Jim Hayden – uas kuv muaj yees duab rau cov limtiam tom ntej. Yog hais tias koj xav kawm ntxiv txog qhov tsev neeg mus mus saib tus Xyloryctine npaub hauv Australia Blog!
Lub lim tiam no kuv yuav ua tus npauj rau hauv kev sib tw ib. Leej twg thiaj paub kuv zoo li cas tsev neeg qhov no yog? Kev takers nyob genus/hom? Kuv tsuas hint yog tias qhov no yog ib tug zoo nkauj hefty sized npauj xab nyob 53 hli li thiab nws yog los ntawm lub xeev California Academy collections.
Muab daim ntawv! 8 Comments - (Lus raug kaw) Entomology California Academy ntawm Sciences, Contest, Entomology, Npaub, Yees duab, Hom Cov loj loj thiab nthuav Lycidae kab (Lycus fernandezi) muaj ntau hauv qab teb sab hnub tuaj Arizona ob peb lub lis piam dhau los. Lossi ya paj thiab noo xuab zeb uas lawv ua rau photography yooj yim lub hom phaj. Kuv xav hais rau kuv tus kheej “ntawm no yog ib koob sawv daws mus ntes ib tug kab uas noj!”. Tos nws…  Lycus fernandezi (Lycidae)
Tos nws…  Lycus fernandezi (Lycidae) Crap.  Lycus fernandezi (Lycidae) Yog hais tias nws tsis tau lawm 105 degrees tawm thiab kuv tsis muaj cov ib tauv huab qab mus clinging rau kuv ntsej muag kuv yuav tau tsau kuv tej chaw lub koob yees duab thiab tos rau lwm tus uas muaj yoov. Tab sis, qhov no yog tag nrho kuv lub siab ntev yuav dais – tiam nws yog ib tug kab xwb! Muab daim ntawv!Ntawm no yog lwm zoo yees duab ntawm Warren! Kuv tabtom guessing qhov no yog ib tug Choreutidae vim yog txoj kev uas tus tis yog li thaum dancing – Txawm hais tias nws yog ib yam nkaus thiab ceev kom tau saib tseeb tiag. Given tias nws yog los ntawm ib tug fauna kuv nyob lig txawv txawv uas kuv ua tau yooj yim yuav tsis ncaj ncees lawm – thiaj li thov koj kho kuv yog hais tias koj paub zoo.
Muab daim ntawv!Tshiab tawm lub presses, tus Miami xia npauj npaim (MBB) yog tam sim no uas teev raws li tsoom fwv rau lawv raws li tsab cai txog kev ceev ntaub ntawv. huzzah! (txoj cai?)  Miami xia npauj npaim ntawm Butterflies of America Kuv thawj xav tau “tos, tsis yog qhov no twb sim?”. Yog, koj lem tawm lub MBB lawm lub xeev-rau lawv txij thaum 2002 tom qab siv dhau los thaum muaj xwm ceev ntawv thov tsab ntawv los ntawm lub koom haum North American npauj npaim (NABNPAWB). Cov kev ntsuas no seemed qhia ntawv txaus vim no npauj npaim tshwm nowhere lwm nyob rau teb chaws USA. Tab sis cov uas tseem tsis tau ib qho kev qhia tseem ceeb thiab kuv tsis pom muaj mob tiag tiag hauv tsoom fwv diam lwm npauj npaim. Kom paub meej tus Florida daws tau moog haujlwm txhua pab lawv ua tau thaum nws los txog rau tiv thaiv cov ib puag ncig. Ua ib hom endangered rau Miami xiav (Cyclargus thomasi bethunebakeri) yog ib tug extension qaum teb ntau yam ntawm ib hom uas feem ntau muaj tshwm sim thoob Caribbean. Txawm tsis yog tiag li yus cov neeg txoj txaus warrant ib subspecies ntawm nws tus kheej tsi muaj ib yam dab tsi uas kuv yuav yeej nyob vim kuv kuj tsis yog tus npauj npaim yawg nyob hauv tsawg tshaj plaws. Kuv heev tsis paub txaj muag deb ntawm tsab cai idea tag nrho ntawm lub subspecies, tab sis, hav, Kuv twv no npauj npaim hais mav tau ib yam dab tsi ua! No thiab mas, kuv influxes ntawm kev nyuaj siab vim emigrating yuav lawm hloov abundance nyob rau yav qab teb sab ntawm Florida zajlus kom. Rau qhov thaum ntxov 1950 ntawd cov kab siv tau ntau txog down ntug hiav txwv dej yuav luag thoob plaws lub xeev. Lub xeem 60 khib xyoo tau rau Florida txia ntshav – kev loj hlob thiab yoov tshaj cum tseem muaj ravaged zoo li cas los tej vaj tse pristine. Tag nrho tus butterflies yog txoj. Ces kuv pom tau hais muaj tau ib yam dab tsi khib heev hais txog daim ntawv tshaj tawm: yog cov ntaub ntawv ceev li ceev tau tseem qhia tag nrho zoo li nyuaj uas yuav muab vaj tsev rau cov MBB uas raug teeb meem thiab tiv thaiv thiaj li! Ua li cas? Vim lawv nrhiav ib yam li cov MBB. Cov kev nyuaj siab vim yog lub Cassius xiav (Leptotes cassius), Ceraunus xiav (Hemiargus ceraunus), thiab cov Nickerbean xiav (Cyclargus ammon). Peb tau txais ib yam ncaj – ob lub Cassius thiab Ceraunus kev nyuaj siab vim yog tsis muaj txoj kev ua tau raug teeb meem yog tsis pub tsawg tshaj. Nkawd ob leeg yuav – incredibly ntau hom khwv yees li uas tag nrho cov Carribbean spans, gulf ntug dej hiav txwv hnub poob mus rau California thiab dej strays rau uas nyob nruab ntsab! Kuv hais li ntawd, li cas muaj qhov no ntxiv?  Gary Larson, Far sab Huag yog – mongering ntshai tuaj rau koj los ntawm cov radically loj collecting Qaumteb npauj npaim Association. NABA perceives muab khaws tseg ua gravest tias ib tug rau npauj npaim ceev dua qhov zoo kawg tsis muaj cov pov thawj. Yog, txhua collector nws txoj sia yog ntaus pob ncaws pob ua phem dhaus cape dub thiab ua lawv lub neej kev ua hauj lwm tua kev zoo nkauj ntawm lub ntiaj teb no. Cas cov koom haum no muaj tswj kom convince cov USFWS lawv tau ib txoj. Kuv tsis tau ua no cov nqe lus muab kev ncaj ncees, vim li ntawd yog lub caij nyoog tsocai no.
Kuv yog honestly speechless. Qhov tshij, tej zaum kuv yuav tswj tau ob peb lo lus ntxiv. Koj mus koj thiab luaj nroj hauv koj thaj ntawm tej vaj tse thiab ces tsuag herbicide rau. Tab sis koj zoo tsis twv tau/khaws ib zaug xwb xiav… menyuam lub USFWS. Lawv kuj dab tsi yuav theej paranoid. Ntsoov, poaching li txhua txhua ib zaug hauv ib chim txawm twg hom uas koj tiv thaiv. Seb nws yuav nyiaj los yog khoom noj khoom haus, ob peb khib tsiaj yuav muab nqa. Tab sis, yog muaj tej yam tim khawv tiag kom txhawb tau craziness sim no? Feem ntau cov citations hauv lub npe ntawm tus neeg mob no, tsis saib-rov los xyuas dua txhua hnub.
Huag kuv hlub quotes: (tau qhov twg los)
Tsis tau rau kuv lawm – nyiaj pab ntxiv thiab kev tiv thaiv rau ib hom tsawg tej zaum yuav pab tau li cov vaj tse yuav ceev tau zoo. No mas, tab sis hais tias feem coob ntawm cov nyiaj yuav mus rau hauv chaw ua taus zes captive cov kev pab uas ua ntau zoo doubtfully. Yog tus npauj npaim vanishing ntawm cov Islands tuaj tso huab xwb ces tsuas ua zoo rau cov duab zoo nkauj thiab ib tug hom saved tsis. Kuv yuav muab xa tawm ib solicited saib thiab kuv hais koj tsis zoo li qub. Saib ntawm no ua ntej lub kaum hli ntuj 11, 2011: Tsoom fwv teb chaws eRulemaking Portal: http://www.Regulations.gov. Ua raws li cov lus qhia rau xa tawm cov lus los tsis muaj Docket. [FWS – R4 – LAWV-2011-0043]. Los yog sau ntawv: TUAJ. ntsej tim muag los yog tes-tub: Pej xeem khiav Comments, Attn: Lien Docket tsis. [FWS – R4 – LAWV-2011-0043]; Faib los ntawm txoj cai thiab kev tswj xyuas dua; TUAJ. Cov ntses thiab cov tsiaj qus Service; 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, MS 2042-PDM; Arlington, VAM 22203.. Muab daim ntawv! 9 Comments - (Lus raug kaw) Entomology, Skepticism Phem Science, Butterflies, Kev txuag, Entomology, Cov ntses thiab cov tsiaj qus, Txoj cai, Lepidoptera, NABNPAWB, Skepticism, UFW
Npauj no lub lim tiam no tus yees duab ntawm ib dancing micro ntawm lub Philippines (uas Warren Laurde). Raws li koj xav tej zaum qhov no yog ib tug mating zaub thiab xaus rau lub headstand zoo nkauj spectacular. Muaj ntau ntau lwm microleps uas muaj dancing los yog teeb rooj cwj pwm, tiam sis muaj muaj tsis muaj yuav luag lwm yeeb yaj duab hauv internet thiab ob peb li zoo li no yog ib. Kuv tabtom xav qhov no nws yog ib tug Cosmopterigidae, ib yam dab tsi uas nce rau genus Ressia. Kuv tsis muaj peevxwm yuav nrhiav tau cov ntaub ntawv ntawm txhua yam uas nyob ze ntawm no genus los ntawm cov SE Asia mob (thiab nothing rau lub Microlepidoptera Islands tuaj Philippine) – tiam sis ua ib google nrhiav kuv puas tau nrhiav dua duab ntawm yuav no tib npauj!  Cosmopterigidae - Melvyn Yeo Muab daim ntawv! 3 Comments - (Lus raug kaw) Entomology Cwj pwm, Entomology, Lepidoptera, Pos, Microlepidoptera, Npaub, Philippines  Chiricahua multidentata (Geometridae) No hnub Monday npauj yog ib hom ntawm lub roob uas Arizona spectacular – Chiricahua multidentata, ib Geometrid. Tsuas paub tias qhov chaw rau cov hom no yog nyob rau saum Chiricahua roob saum toj no heev 9,000 ko taw (twg tau xwb bruned kom ib nkig). Hopefully qhov hluav taws kub heev tsis nkaus ntsoog loj heev ua rau pejxeem yuav thaws lub xyoo yuav tuaj. Ua ntej 2009 no npauj txawm paub los ntawm fewer dua 10 nrws, txhua yam yog tej thaum tus nce tsawg me ntsis rau dos eeb hauv lub Chiricahuas. Nyob rau lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav 2009 nkag mus rau ib gated kev ua rau qhov sau los ntawm dozens ntawm lub nrws nyob ib hmo xwb. Tag nrho cov ntaub ntawv tas los lawm tsis tshua muaj cov strays uas muaj twb ya mus 8500′ – tab sis cov kablus ua rau tsav mus ib seem Koj yuav muaj tau pom txoj kev ntaus tej ncauj lus txog Monday npauj – Kuv twb tau tawm hauv lub tshav pob li ob lub limtiam kawg thiab muaj ib pawg ntawm lub posts. Kuv yuav tsum tau pib tam sim no nws yam tuaj ntxiv! Muab daim ntawv! |
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