Updates për hartat dhe mbajtese përqindjet janë bërë për postin tim të mëparshëm. Këtu është një hartë e zjarrit 4 digjet në SE Arizona, theMonument fire. Kjo një është vetëm 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.
Si i afrohet korrik kam qenë për të pres që të takimit Pacific Bregdetare e Lepidopterists’ Shoqëri. Këtë vit ajo do të zhvillohet në Prescott Arizona, për 2 orë në veri të Phoenix. And as of this moment it is one of the few places in Arizonanukon fire. I’m sure you have all heard of the massive fires right now, but here is an update from a slightly biological standpoint. Most importantly we should all be thankful for the firefighters risking their lives to battle these wildfires.
For some reason I couldn’t link to the interactive maps directly from the InciWeb site, but please follow the links to explore further. While there are good interactive maps of these fires on Google Maps, they are a few days old. Below are screen-captures of maps less than 12 hours old.
Zjarr 1:The biggest one, The Wallow Fire është 20% 29% contained, human caused and has been burning for over 15 ditë. I had been hoping to go collecting around the town of Greer and Alpine, but both have fire quickly encroaching. The White Mountains region of Arizona is a fascinating blend zone between southern desert species and Rocky Mountain ones – the rare moth I was hoping to find here, Alexicles aspersa, will likely evade me yet again this year.
Unë e kam njohur për një kohë që brumbujt dhe inverts tjerë herë pas here kanë kurrizorët në menynë e tyre, por unë nuk e vërtetë e di se si e madhe e një kafshe që mund të mposhtur! Edhe kur mantis çuditshme grabs një hummingbird dallimi madhësia nuk është aq thelbësore siç është treguar më poshtë. Kjo video mbresëlënëse është botuar kohët e fundit në online falas ditar Zookeys.
Këtu është një nga shifrat nga gazeta, duke ilustruar më shumë Beetles u ushqyer me specie të shumta amfibësh!
Gil rrudhur, Avital Gasith (2011). Grabitja e amfibësh nga Beetles carabid të gjini Epomis gjetur në fushë qendrore bregdetar të Izraelit Zookeys, 100, 181-191 : DOI:10.3897/zookeys.100.1526
Uh, it’s almost Tuesday! Above isSchinia ligeae(Noctuidae) resting on its host plantXylorhiza tortifolia, theMojave Aster. I photographed this about three weeks ago outside the town ofBig Pine, Kaliforni. 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!
Për tre javët e ardhshme kolegët e mi nga laboratori Arachnology në Akademinë e Shkencave Kaliforni janë në Filipine! (jo, jo aspak xheloze…) Udhëtimi është pjesë e ekspeditës Hearst CAS-it, 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.
Kush mund të më tregoni çfarë është e gabuar poshtë? Jo vetëm që është problem i qartë foto, por autori i shkrimit merr disa hapa logjike për të mbështetur lokalin e tij. Kush mund të më tregoni se çfarë fallacies e tij logjike janë? 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.
E reja në ueb këtë javë është një burim i shkëlqyer në Mekoptera e Amerikës së Veriut. Dr. Norm Penny ka bashkuar një udhëzues të ilustruar për të gjitha speciet e Amerikës së Veriut me imazhe të habitusit dhe organeve gjenitale.. Ndonëse jo shumë e larmishme, Mekopterat rezultojnë të jenë një grup enigmatik dhe magjepsës. Merrni një moment për të eksploruar sitin dhe për të identifikuar ekzemplarët tuaj!
Si shumë kafshë të tjera urbane, flutura blu e misionit (Plebejus icarioides missionensis) është ai që është i rrezikuar rëndë. Kjo blu e vogël jeton në fragmente të vogla të habitatit së bashku me zhvillimin e miliona dollarëve në dhe përreth Gjirit të San Franciskos. 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. Para 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).
Not surprisingly, 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.
Na vjen keq për ndërprerjen e çuditshme gjatë dy ditëve të fundit – Rrjeti Southern Fried ka përjetuar një rritje të mrekullueshme që i ka taksuar rëndë serverët tanë. Ky trafik i lartë ndodhi që korrespondonte me një lëvizje të serverëve tanë fizikë që hosti po ndërmerrte. Rezultati ishin skedarë të korruptuar që përfunduan me pezullimin e llogarisë sonë.
Problemi u rregullua! Rezervimi i faqeve, llogaria e përmirësuar, gjërat duhet të ecin më shpejt se kurrë. Unë kam ende probleme me zgjidhjen e faqeve të mia – ju mund të vini re disa 404 gabime derisa të kuptoj se çfarë po ndodh me to…
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!
