From a peppermint Pericopinae. I recorded this video on-site in northern Costa Rica a few years ago. When I reached down to pick up this moth, it was hard to avoid noticing the behavior. The moth, Chetone angulosa (Erebidae: Pericopina) ((used to be Arctiidae)), has a common defensive mechanism for this group – dute . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Moth Perfume
 5 iruzkinak - (Iruzkinak itxita daude)  Entomología  Tximeletak, Defensive Behavior, Entomología, Bilketa-arriskuak, Lepidoptera, Sitsak Recently came across some ridiculously horrible taxonomy from China (.pdf). If you scroll down a bit you can see the english translation. At first glance this looks like a standard taxonomy paper with bare-bones species descriptions. You might even think to yourself, “huh, wonder why they are describing species from only one specimen”. Not the . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Taxonomia Fail Share honetan! 4 iruzkinak - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología Tximeletak, Crank, Entomología, Lepidoptera, Espezie berria I’ve been a bit remiss at posting regular challenges, so I’ll try to pick up the pace. Who can tell me anything about this butterfly? The most you’re getting is that it is from the Western half of the US. Credit for family, genus or species and ridiculous credit for subspecies and where it is . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Butterfly of the week Share honetan!(photo credit) The monarchs have started their spring migration north and you might even see one soon (not exciting if you live in FL or HI where there are year-round residents, or in CA where there are separate overwintering spots). Reports from their winter locations in Mexico however are dismal; with possibly the lowest . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Buruarekin off! Share honetan! 2 iruzkinak - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología Barcoding, Tximeletak, Kontserbazio, DNA, Entomología, Lepidoptera, Monarch Santa Barbara News Press-en argitaratua, Negua 2009. Nork esan dezake zer dagoen gaizki epigrafe hauek? Orria eskaneatzeko kreditua: Stuart Wilson. Share honetan! 2 iruzkinak - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología Bad Science, Tximeletak, Entomología, Lepidoptera, Komunikabideak Not the typical butterfly – but this is the protein folding structure from a South American hemorrhagic fever – the Machupo virus. The article was found on Science Daily. A striking resemblance to a butterfly, maybe even a Hesperiidae (photo from Butterflies of America). . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Butterfly of the week Share honetan!
Ezagutu tximeleta hau? Ondo da, inork ez du benetan egiten. Apodemia generokoa da (Riodinidae), baina talde honen taxonomia hondamendia da… eta ez nazazu azpiespeziean hasi ere egin. Ale hau irailean atera zen argazkia, hau da, litekeena da Apodemia mormo izatea (mormoa) based . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Asteko tximeleta ergela Share honetan! Iruzkinak itxita daude Entomología Tximeletak, Entomología, Lepidoptera, Espezieen, Species Concepts Nahiko tximeletak desinteresatu izan arren, Nahiko begiratzen dira. Hona hemen bideo benetan handia tipo bat behera ezagutzen dut Hegoaldeko CA hasi da. Bere time-lapse Lepidoptero bizitza zikloen bideoak nahiko ikusgarriak dira, eta da zehazki hura eder. Moztu baduzu buruz 3:00 urtean, you will see dozens . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Time-lapse tximeletak Share honetan! |
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