Saru aġġornamenti għall-mapep u l-perċentwali ta' konteniment fil-kariga ta' qabel tiegħi. Hawnhekk hawn mappa tar-4 nar ħruq f'SE Arizona, l- Monument fire. Din hija biss 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.
Kif Lulju approċċi I huwa li bil-ħerqa li l-laqgħa Kosta tal-Paċifiku ta 'l-Lepidopterists’ Soċjetà. Din is-sena se ssir fil Prescott Arizona, dwar 2 sigħat fit-tramuntana ta 'Phoenix. U bħala ta 'din il-mument huwa wieħed mill-ftit postijiet fil Arizona mhux fuq nar. Jien ċert li inti kollha jinstemgħu tal-nirien massiva dritt issa, iżda hawnhekk huwa aġġornament mil-lat kemmxejn bijoloġiku. Most importantly aħna kollha għandhom ikunu thankful għall-pompieri jirriskjaw ħajjithom biex battalja dawn wildfires.
Għal xi raġuni I ma setgħux link għall-mapep interattivi direttament mis-sit InciWeb, iżda jekk jogħġbok segwi l-links biex tesplora aktar. Filwaqt li hemm mapep interattivi tajba ta 'dawn in-nirien fuq Google Maps, huma ftit jiem qodma. Hawn taħt huma iskrin-qbid ta 'mapep inqas minn 12 sigħat qodma.
Nar 1: L-akbar wieħed, Il Fire wallow huwa 20% 29% jinsabu, bniedem ikkawżati u ġie ħruq għal aktar 15 jiem. I kien bit-tama li jmorru jiġbru madwar il-belt ta 'Greer u Alpina, iżda t-tnejn ikollhom nar malajr jindaħal wisq. Ir-reġjun White Muntanji ta 'Arizona hija żona taħlita affaxxinanti bejn l-ispeċijiet deżert tan-Nofsinhar u dawk Rocky Mountain – l-kamla rari I kien bit-tama li ssib hawnhekk, Alexicles aspersa, x'aktarx se jevadu me darb'oħra din is-sena.
Stajt magħrufa għal waqt dik ħanfus u inverts oħra kultant ikollhom il-vertebrati skond menu tagħhom, imma jien ma verament jafu kif kbira ta 'annimal li jistgħu subdue! Anke meta l-mantis fard grabs Hummingbird-differenza daqs mhux bħala sostanzjali kif muri hawn isfel. This impressive video was published recently in the free onlinejournal Zookeys.
Here is one of the figures from the paper, illustrating more beetles feeding on multiple species of Amphibians!
Gil Wizen, Avital Gasith (2011). Predation of amphibians by carabid beetles of the genus Epomis found in the central coastal plain of IsraelZookeys, 100, 181-191 : DOI:10.3897/zookeys.100.1526
Whoops, it’s almost Tuesday! Above isSchinia ligeae(Noctuidae) resting on its host plantXylorhiza tortifolia, l- Mojave Aster. I photographed this about three weeks ago outside the town ofBig Pine, California. The asters were thick in the valleys below the snow capped Sierra, and the moths were abundant. Somehow these medium-sizedSchinia get 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!
For the next three weeks my colleagues from the Arachnology lab at the California Academy of Sciences are in the Philippines! (no, not jealous at all…) The trip is part of the CAS Hearst expedition, a massive effort spanning all of our research departments to survey the deep seas, shallow seas and terrestrial environment of Luzon. dr. Charles Griswold brought two of his PhD students – Hannah Wood and Natalia Chousou Polydouri – to help collect spiders and insects. Particularly, I’m looking forward to the Lepidoptera that Natalia will be bringing back! (I gave her a quick course on field collecting moths). Sadly I’m not there to photograph and collect this diversity myself; but we can all watch enviously as the teams post updates on their progress over the next monthon the expedition blog. There are already lots of great entries and images from the aquatic people – stay tuned for the insects.
Who can tell me what’s wrong below? Not only is it the obvious photo problem, but the author of the article takes some logical leaps to support his premise. Who can tell me what his logical fallacies are? I won’t link to the entire article quite yet because a well known Lepidopterist has already commented – so resist googling the article for the easy answer.
Ġdid għall-web din il-ġimgħa huwa riżors eċċellenti fuq il- Mecoptera ta 'l-Amerika ta' Fuq. dr. Norm Penny ġabar gwida illustrata għall-ispeċi kollha tal-Amerika ta 'Fuq b'immaġini tal-habitus u tal-ġenitali. Filwaqt li mhux differenti ħafna, il-Mecoptera juru li huma grupp enigmatiku u affaxxinanti. Ħu mument biex tesplora s-sit u identifika l-kampjuni tiegħek!
Bħal annimali tant urbani oħra, il-Blue Butterfly Missjoni (Icarioides plebeian missionensis) hija waħda li hija gravement ipperikolata. Dan ħajjiet blu żgħar fi frak żgħar ta 'ħabitat flimkien miljun multi iżvilupp dollaru fi u madwar il San Francisco Bay. A century ago this butterfly was already starting to decline, with hundreds of acres of beautiful seaside morphing into sprawl. Today the coastal sage scrub has nearly vanished and what little remains is infested with invasive plants and animals.
The Mission Blue was one of the first animals listed on the Endangered Species Act, acchieving offical protection in 1976. Efforts over the last few years have focused onrestoring the habitat and the bluewithin it – with limited success. Qabel 2009 the last blue seen within the city limits was on Twin Peaks in 1997 (and possibly the 1970’s before that). Today the SF Recreation and Parks Department along with Bay Nature has somewhat re-established the Mission Blue on Twin Peaks from healthier populations in the Marin Headlands and San Bruno Mountain (the only other locations the butterfly is known from). I believe last year they had around 30 individuals flying on Twin Peaks. This year the numbers are down, but on Friday I found three females ovipositing on lupine – while these females were probably transplanted a few weeks ago, it is hope for the future. Unfortunately the only males I saw were up in the Marin Headlands – and hopefully males were seen on Twin Peaks this year (pending 2011 data).
Mhux sorpriża, it turns out that reintroducing a species is a complicated game. The Mission Blue utilizes three host lupine species, Lupinus albifrons, formosus andvariicolor. Yet maintaining these native species amongst the invasives requires radical measures including heavily applications of herbicides (against fennel, pampas grass and french broom – but including 136 other invasive plants (Marin Flora)). It is unknown what effect the herbicides have on developing larvae (only17% successfrom egg to caterpillar) or what it does to native ant populations that tend the caterpillars of the blue. Without native ants the caterpillars are much more likely to be predated, but even native ants are falling to the invading hoards of Argentine ants. And yet another key player is a newly found fungus that is killing lupine plants – devastating butterfly numbers in 2010.
If you compare this subspecies to other members within theicarioidescomplex there is a striking difference in abundance. Plebejus i. moroensisfrom the central coast is an incredibly abundant butterfly within good habitat. It is highly restricted, but not facing nearly the difficulties the Mission Blue is. I hold out hope for one of our last San Francisco blues – ifthe invasive species can be controlled – it won’t go the way of theXerces.
Sorry għall-perijodi ta 'waqfien stramb matul l-aħħar jumejn – in-Netwerk Fried Nofsinhar ġie jesperjenzaw tkabbir wunderbare li severament intaxxat servers tagħna. Dan it-traffiku għolja ġara biex tikkorrispondi ma 'jiċċaqlaq' servers fiżiċi tagħna l-ospitanti kien impriża. Ir-riżultat kien fajls korrotta li spiċċaw bil-kont tagħna mqiegħed fuq sospensjoni.
Problema ffissata! Paġni lura, kont aġġornat, l-affarijiet għandhom ikunu għaddejjin aktar malajr minn qatt qabel. Għadni qed ikolli problemi biex insolvi l-paġni tiegħi – tista' tinnota xi wħud 404 żbalji sakemm nifhem x’inhu għaddej b’dawk…
Kulhadd huwa familjari mal-famuża hawkmoth ras mewt, imma naħseb huwa mistħija għandna popularized tali karattru skura. Hawn fuq huwa neotropikali Arctiinae ħafna aktar cheery minn Guiana Franċiż li qisu huwa sportivi wiċċ clown. Sfortunatament dan mhux ritratt tiegħi, iżda inti għandek tieħu mument biex tesplora Lepidopterists ta 'Franzawebsite. Ritratti tagħhom mill expeditions annwali tagħhom jagħmel me jealous!
