Door Chris Grinter, op 4 mei, 2010%
Vanuit een pepermunt Pericopinae. Ik nam deze video-on-site in het noorden van Costa Rica een paar jaar geleden. Toen ik bukte te halen dit mot, het was moeilijk om te voorkomen dat het opmerken van het gedrag. De mot, Chetone hoekige (Erebidae: Pericopina) ((gebruikte om Arctiidae zijn)), heeft een gemeenschappelijke defensief mechanisme voor deze groep – zij . . . → Lees meer: Mot Parfum
Door Chris Grinter, op 27 april, 2010% Recently came across some ridiculously horrible taxonomy from China (.pdf). Als je naar beneden scrollt een beetje kunt u het engels vertaling te zien. Op het eerste gezicht lijkt dit een standaard taxonomie papier met kale beschrijvingen van soorten. Je zou zelfs kunnen denken aan jezelf, “huh, afvragen waarom ze beschrijven soorten uit slechts één exemplaar”. Not the . . . → Lees meer: Taxonomie Fail
Door Chris Grinter, on April 14th, 2010% 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 . . . → Lees meer: Butterfly of the week
Door Chris Grinter, on March 19th, 2010% (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 . . . → Lees meer: Weg met hun hoofden!
Door Chris Grinter, on March 13th, 2010% Published in the Santa Barbara News Press, Winter 2009. Who can tell me what’s wrong with these captions?
Page scan credit: Stuart Wilson.
Door Chris Grinter, on March 9th, 2010%
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).
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Door Chris Grinter, on February 24th, 2010%
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 disaster… and 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 . . . → Lees meer: Stupid buttefly of the week
Door Chris Grinter, op 23 februari, 2010% Despite being pretty disinterested in butterflies, they are pretty to look at. Here is a really great video by a guy I know down in Southern CA. His time-lapse videos of lepidoptera life cycles are pretty impressive, and this one in particular is beautiful. If you cut to about 3:00 in, you will see dozens . . . → Lees meer: Time-lapse butterflies
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