 Schinia villosa
This Monday’s moth is a duo of Schinia villosa (Noctuidae) resting on what I am assuming is their host plant (Erigeron sp.). I snapped this shot around 9,000 feet up on the Kaibab plateau in Northern Arizona last month. A fire must have burned the area a few years ago because the wildflowers were thick amongst charred remains of ponderosa pines and these moths were everywhere. Skupna raba tega! En komentar - (Komentarji so zaprti)  Entomologija  Arizona, Entomologija, Cvetje, Lepidoptera, Molji, Fotografija Pred kakšnim mesecem je kalifornijska akademija znanosti predstavila popolno različico odprava na Filipine. Medtem ko je bila večina denarja porabljena za ladje so in potapljaških ekip, je bil prizemno komponento. Medtem ko je nisem dobil, da gredo (in sedel doma in našobila), Nekaj svojih kolegov pajkov sem nagovoril, da zame zbirajo lepidoptere. Redkokdaj to rečem, vendar so opravili čudovito delo z zbiranjem lepsov, in počasi delam na njihovi nagradi (hvala Nataliya, Vanessa in Hannah!). Tukaj je eden redkih metuljev, ki so jih ujeli – in mislim, da je to celo prišlo v javnost, ker je bilo polno moljev (kar občasno počnejo metulji). Ta osupljiva Lycaenidae je Catapaecilma evansi, identificiral David (indowings) čez naprej InsectNet, hvala!  Catapaecilma evansi (Lycaenidae) Skupna raba tega! 2 Komentarji - (Komentarji so zaprti) Entomologija Metulji, California Academy of Sciences, Zbiranje, Entomologija, Lepidoptera, Filipini Last week Jim Hayden guessed the moth I posted was an Australian Oecophoridae. It was a good guess because there are so many large and stunning moths in this family from Australia. One of the best has to be this one, Wingia lambertella (Oecophoridae), captured on Black Mountain in Canberra October 23, 1955 (CAS collections). The larvae feed on Eucalyptus – and I for one wish this was an introduced species here. We have these pesky invasive trees everywhere, why not the moth to go with?  Wingia lambertella (Oecophoridae)
Skupna raba tega! En komentar - (Komentarji so zaprti) Entomologija California Academy of Sciences, Entomologija, Invazivnih vrst, Lepidoptera, Molji, Fotografija To GOP je manj izziv in bolj preprostega Roundup bednem parka fotografije. Alex Wild and others have long ago pointed out the massive failings of many stock photo sites – ampak tukaj je kratka in boleča lep Roundup z Googlom. Korak 1: Iskanje slik “molj na cvet”. Korak 2: Facepalm. Here is a caption of the first page of results. Excluding the photos that have no moths and are “moth flowers” (= Phalaenopsis orchids) – only 4 out of 18 images are correct! I might give you 6/18 if you count two obviously staged photos… but here is my list of reasons starting with 1= top left and 26 = bottom right. (list below)
1) v redu, good start! This looks like a Manduca vrste (Sphingidae) feeding on a Datura flower. I’ve seen this myself in the wild – great capture! 2) Orchid 3) Downhill we go. Obviously a butterfly – Phoebis vrste (Pieridae). 4) Lycaenidae butterfly – Callophrys vrste. 5) Hesperiidae – skipper butterfly. 6) Another moth! Looks like an Autographa vrste (Noctuidae). 7) Certainly a moth, however something I’m unfamiliar with. 8 ) Hyles sphinx moth nectaring. Blurry, but a moth! 9) Another skipper. Just because it’s brown doesn’t mean it’s a moth. 10) Orchid 11) Luna moth on flower. v redu, yes it’s a moth – but I’m sorry, a pretty obviously staged photograph. Actias luna does not have mouthparts – you’d never find one willingly sitting on a flower. 12) Yet another skipper butterfly. 13) Orchid 14) Vanessa butterfly! I thought the Painted Lady was about as obvious of a butterfly as possible. 15) Orchid 16) Orchid 17) Pieridae butterfly on a flower. 18) Orchid 19) Cisseps moth (Arctiinae) – our last real moth photograph. The webpage has it identified as Pyromorpha dimidiata (Zygaenidae), however the antennae are wrong and this is most likely a tiger moth in the Ctenuchinae. 20) Oh come on, butterfly! Polygonia vrste. 21) Moth – vendar, staged… I’ve never come across a Sphingidae resting on a flower like this. While this family readily nectars at flowers, they don’t tend to sit on them like idiots. 22) Orchid 23) Orchid 24) Butterfly, Phyciodes vrste. 25) Worst staged photograph ever. It’s a spread specimen that may or may not have been photoshopped onto the flower (it looks wonky). Broken antennae, torn up wings… You can also see the shadow from the camera strap on the moth’s left forewing. Yet somehow it won a medal from some group on Flickr. 26) Same butterfly as 24, in color.
Fuj, horrible exercise over. Skupna raba tega! 5 Komentarji - (Komentarji so zaprti) Entomologija Slaba znanost, Metulji, Tekmovanje, Entomologija, Cvetje, Lepidoptera, Mediji ODGOVOR: To ni bilo lahko – vendar je to velika in lepa vešča je iz Avstralije in je v družini Xyloryctidae (Philarista sp.). We have a handful of representatives of this group here in the US and Ted MacRae over on Beetles in the Bush has a few great photographs of them. Somehow I think we got the short end of the stick because this family reaches the peak of its staggering diversity in Australia. It’s amazing to me that this animal is related to the tiny grey flower moths we have! Jim Hayden was closest with the guess of an Australian Oecophorid – which I have photographed for next week. If you’re interested in learning more about this family go check out the Xyloryctine Molji Avstralije blog!
This week I’m going to make the moth into a challenge. Who can tell me what family this is? Any takers on genus/species? My only hint is that this is a pretty hefty sized moth measuring in at over 53mm and it’s from the California Academy collections.
Skupna raba tega! 8 Komentarji - (Komentarji so zaprti) Entomologija California Academy of Sciences, Tekmovanje, Entomologija, Molji, Fotografija, Vrste Te velike in zanimive Lycidae hrošči (Lycus fernandezi) je bilo v izobilju v jugovzhodni Arizoni pred nekaj tedni. Nenehno, ki leti med cvetje in vlažnem pesku so bili zaradi česar za enostavno fotografiranje ciljev. Pomislil sem “Tukaj je odlična priložnost, da ujeti hrošča vzletanje!”. Počakaj…  Lycus fernandezi (Lycidae)
Počakaj…  Lycus fernandezi (Lycidae) Crap.  Lycus fernandezi (Lycidae) If it hadn’t been 105 degrees out and I didn’t have a cloud of flies clinging to my face I would have fixed my camera settings and waited for another chance. But this is all my patience could bear – after all it’s just a beetle! Skupna raba tega! 2 Komentarji - (Komentarji so zaprti) Entomologija Arizona, Hrošči, Coleoptera, Entomologija, Fotografija Tukaj je še en čudovit video od Warrena! Predvidevam, da je to Choreutidae zaradi načina, kako se držijo krila med plesom – čeprav je prehitro, da bi resnično dobili jasen pogled. Glede na to, da je iz favne, ki mi je popolnoma neznana, bi se zlahka motil – so please correct me if you know better.
Skupna raba tega! En komentar - (Komentarji so zaprti) Entomologija Entomologija, Lepidoptera, Mediji, Molji, Filipini Sveže off stiskalnice, Miami Blue Butterfly (MBB) je zdaj navedena kot zvezno ogroženih ga dejanja opravljanja izrednih. Huzar! (prav?)  Miami Blue Butterfly iz Metulji Amerike Moja prva misel je bila, “počakajte, ni bilo to že ogrožene?”. Da, Izkazalo se je, MBB je state-ogrožena, saj 2002 po predhodnem peticijo v sili, ki ga severnoameriški Butterfly Association vloženo (Prav tako). Ta ukrep je zdelo dovolj obsežen, saj se ta metulj nikjer drugje v ZDA. Ampak to ni pomembno podrobnost, in ne vidim nobene resnične škode v zvezni kotacijo drug metulj. Florida Keys prepričani potrebujejo vsak unčo pomoč, ki jo lahko dobite, ko gre za varovanje okolja. Kot ogroženih vrst Miami Blue (Cyclargus Thomas bethunebakeri) je severni podaljšek razpon vrste, ki Pogosto se pojavlja v celotnem Karibih. Ali ne priseljenec v ZDA je resnično dovolj izrazit, da bi upravičili podvrste sam ni nekaj, kar res lahko obravnavala, ker nisem metulj fant v najmanj. Jaz močno bojijo celotno idejo podvrsto, ampak, hej, Mislim, da ti metulj fantje potrebujejo nekaj storiti! Prav tako se zdi logično, da se mi, da bi prihodi odselil blues seveda spreminjajo v izobilju čez južni obali Floride. V začetku leta 1950 je bilo včasih obilno gor in dol plažah skoraj vsej državi te žuželke. Zadnji 60 ak leta so bila kruta do Floride – Razvoj in komarjev odbitek je opustošila kaj je bilo neokrnjene habitat. Vsi metuljev, ki trpijo. Potem sem ugotovil, da je nekaj Zelo čudno O tej napovedi: Določba v sili je Prav tako kotacija vse podobne blues, ki si delijo življenjski prostor z MBB kot ogroženo in zato zaščitena! Zakaj? Ker so poglej kot MBB. Te blues vključujejo Cassius modra (Leptotes Cassius), Ceraunus blue (Hemiargus ceraunus), in Nickerbean blue (Cyclargus ammon). Pojdimo ena stvar naravnost – obe Cassius in Ceraunus blues niso na noben način dejansko ogrožene niti redki. Oba sta lahko – neverjetno bogate vrste z območjem, ki se razteza čez vse Carribbean, Gulf Coast zahodu do Kalifornije in celinskih strays na srednjem zahodu! Torej, prosim, kako bi to lahko opravili?  Gary Larson, Far Side Oh, to je pravica – strah mongering vam prinaša radikalno anti-pobiranju North America Butterfly Association. NABA dojema zbiranje kot eno izmed najhujših nevarnosti za metuljev prebivalstva kljub neverjetno pomanjkanja dokazov. Da, Vsak zbiralec tam je sporting zlo črno ogrinjalo in zaradi česar je svoje življenjsko delo, da bi pogasili lepoto iz sveta. Nekako je ta organizacija uspelo prepričati USFWS imajo točko. Ne morem narediti ta določba pravice, tako da tukaj je točen citat.
Jaz sem pošteno besed. Dobro, morda sem lahko upravljate nekaj več besed. Pojdi naprej in uničili obliž habitata in nato pršite herbicid na njej. Ampak raje ne upajo zbrati eno modro… USFWS gleda. Prav tako se izkaže, da je precej paranoična. Seveda, divji lov ne zgodi vsak enkrat v nekaj časa, ne glede na to, katere vrste se lahko zaščitite. Pa naj gre za dobiček ali hrano, nekaj čudno živali bo pobral off. Vendar obstaja kakršen koli dejanski dokazi v podporo tej ravni norosti? Večina citatov v registrarja so iz primerov, ne strokovnih revijah.
Oh jaz ljubezen quotes: (vir)
Ne razumite me narobe – dodatna sredstva in zaščita za redke vrste bi bilo koristno tako dolgo, kot je habitat varovati. Vendar se zdi, da je velika večina sredstev, ponavadi gredo v ujetništvu rejskih programih, ki dvomeče veliko dobrega. Če je metulj izginja od otokov, nato sproščajo oblake njih bo samo za lepe fotografije in ni shranjeno vrste. Bom oddajo naročenih komentar in vam predlagam, da storijo enako. Komentar tukaj pred oktobrom 11, 2011: Zvezna eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Sledite navodilom za oddajo pripomb na seznamu tovora št. [FWS-R4-ES-2011-0043]. Ali pišite na: U.S.. mail ali ročno dostava: Javne Komentarji Processing, V vednost: Ne seznamu tovora. [FWS-R4-ES-2011-0043]; Oddelek za politiko in direktiv upravljanje; U.S.. Ribe in Wildlife Service; 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, MS 2042-PDM; Arlington, volja 22203.. Skupna raba tega! 9 Komentarji - (Komentarji so zaprti) Entomologija, Skepticizem Slaba znanost, Metulji, Ohranjanje, Entomologija, Ribe in Wildlife, Pravo, Lepidoptera, Prav tako, Skepticizem, USFWS
Molj tega tedna je videoposnetek plešočega mikro s Filipinov (posnel Warren Laurde). Kot morda sumite, je to prikaz parjenja, ki se konča s precej spektakularnim stojalom na glavi. Obstaja veliko drugih mikrolepov, ki plešejo ali se prikazujejo, but there are almost no other videos online and few as high quality as this one. I am thinking this is a Cosmopterigidae, something approaching the genus Ressia. I am unable to find confirmed records of anything near this genus from SE Asia (and nothing in the Microlepidoptera of the Philippine Islands) – but doing a google search I did find another image of what might be this same moth!  Cosmopterigidae - Melvyn Yeo (vir) Skupna raba tega! 3 Komentarji - (Komentarji so zaprti) Entomologija Vedenje, Entomologija, Lepidoptera, Parjenje, Microlepidoptera, Molji, Filipini  Chiricahua multidentate (Pedici) Ta ponedeljek je vešča je spektakularen vrste iz gorah Arizone – Chiricahua multidentate, Geometrid. Edina znana lokacija za te vrste je na samem vrhu gore Chiricahua zgoraj 9,000 noge (ki je bil le bruned na svež). Hopefully the fire was not entirely devastating and the population will rebound in the years to come. Before 2009 this moth was known from fewer than 10 osebki, all captured at the slightly lower elevation on Onion Saddle in the Chiricahuas. In the spring of 2009 access to a gated road lead to the collection of dozens of specimens in a single night. All of the previous records had been rare strays that had flown down to 8500′ – but the simple act of driving up an extra You might have also noticed the regular posting of Monday Moth – I’ve been out in the field for the last two weeks and had a stack of scheduled posts. I should start mixing things up more now! Skupna raba tega! |
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