Fwieħa Moth

Minn pepermint Pericopinae. I rreġistrati dan il-video fuq il-post fil-Kosta tat-Tramuntana Rika ftit snin ilu. Meta wasalt isfel li jtellgħu din kamla, kien diffiċli li tiġi evitata jinnota l-imġieba. Il kamla, Angulosa Chetone (Erebidae: Pericopina) ((użati biex ikunu Arctiidae)), għandha mekkaniżmu difensiv komuni għal dan il-grupp – huma . . . → Aqra Aktar: Fwieħa Moth

Tassonomija Fail

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 . . . → Aqra Aktar: Tassonomija Fail

Farfett tal-ġimgħa

Kont kemxejn naqas fil-pubblikazzjoni ta' sfidi regolari, allura nipprova nkabbar il-pass. Min jista’ jgħidli xi ħaġa dwar dan il-farfett? L-aktar li qed tieħu huwa li huwa min-nofs tal-Punent tal-Istati Uniti. Kreditu għall-familja, genus or species and ridiculous credit for subspecies and where it is . . . → Aqra Aktar: Farfett tal-ġimgħa

Off b'rashom!

(kreditu tar-ritratti)

The monarchs have started their spring migration north and you might even see one soon (mhux eċċitanti jekk tgħix fi FL jew HI fejn hemm residenti s-sena kollha, jew f'CA fejn hemm spots separati tax-xitwa). Ir-rapporti mill-lokalitajiet tax-xitwa tagħhom fil-Messiku madankollu huma diżastrużi; with possibly the lowest . . . → Aqra Aktar: Off b'rashom!

Ġenju tal-istampa, parti II

Published in the Santa Barbara News Press, Xitwa 2009. Who can tell me what’s wrong with these captions?

Page scan credit: Stuart Wilson.

Farfett tal-ġimgħa

Mhux il-farfett tipiku – iżda din hija l-istruttura li tiwi tal-proteini minn deni emorraġiku tal-Amerika t'Isfel – il-virus tas-Sintomi. The article was found on Science Daily. Xebh impressjonanti ma' farfett, forsi anke Hesperiidae (photo from Butterflies of America).

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Buttefly stupidu tal-ġimgħa

Know this butterfly? It’s OK, no one really does. It is in the genus Apodemia (Riodinidae), but the taxonomy of this group is a disasterand don’t even get me started on the subspecies. This specimen was photographed in September, meaning it is most likely to be Apodemia mormo (mormo) based . . . → Aqra Aktar: Buttefly stupidu tal-ġimgħa

Friefet Time-jiskadu

Minkejja li pretty diżinteressat fil-friefet, huma pretty li tħares lejn. Hawnhekk huwa video verament kbir minn Guy naf fl CA Nofsinhar. Tiegħu videos time jiskadu ta ċikli tal-ħajja LEPIDOPTERA huma pjuttost impressjonanti, u dan wieħed partikolari huwa sabiħ. Jekk inti cut għal madwar 3:00 fil, you will see dozens . . . → Aqra Aktar: Friefet Time-jiskadu