マップや格納容器のパーセンテージへの更新は、私の以前の記事に行われました. ここでは、SEアリゾナ州で第4回燃える火のマップである, インクルード Monument fire. これ一つだけである 10% 17% 15% 27% contained and is burning in the southern end of the Huachuca Mountains into Mexico. I also just received the sad news that the home of Noel McFarland has been claimed by the fire. Noel is a well known and respected entomologist who has made a massive impact in the moth field. While I don’t have the full details (and I don’t believe anyone has been injured by this blaze); it is likely that his landmark collection of hundreds of thousands of Lepidoptera has been lost. I wish Noel the best of luck, and can only hope the loss was not total.
オエーッと吐く, it’s almost Tuesday! Above isSchinia ligeae(ヤガ科) resting on its host plantXylorhiza tortifolia, インクルード Mojave Aster. I photographed this about three weeks ago outside the town ofBig Pine, カリフォルニア州. The asters were thick in the valleys below the snow capped Sierra, and the moths were abundant. Somehow these medium-sizedSchiniaget away with being conspicuous and lazy, you don’t even need a net to collect them. Just walk up and tip them into a jar – I guess the pressure to evolve a more cryptic or evasive behavior is lacking.
Speaking of conspicuously lazy, I have been gone for much of May and hence the lull in blogging. Now that the weddings and spring field season are over, I’ll be back at the desk and back to blogging!
最後の2日間の奇妙なダウンタイムのため申し訳ありません – サザン·フライド·ネットワークは厳しく、当社のサーバーを課税されている素晴らしい成長を経験してきた. この高いトラフィックは、ホストが着手された私たちの物理サーバの移動に対応するように起こった. The result was corrupted files that ended with our account placed on suspension.
Problem fixed! Pages back up, account upgraded, things should be running faster than ever. I’m still having problems resolving my pages – you might notice some 404 errors until I figure out what’s going on with those…
Everyone is familiar with the famousdeath’s head hawkmoth, but I think it’s a shame we have popularized such a grim character. Above is a much more cheery Neotropical Arctiinae from French Guiana that looks like it’s sporting a clown face. Sadly this isn’t my photograph, but you should take a moment to exploreLes Lépidoptéristes de Francewebsite. Their photos from their annual expeditions makes me jealous!
