Mot Parfum

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

Taxonomie Fail

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

Butterfly of the week

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

Weg met hun hoofden!

(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!

Genius of the press, part II

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

Page scan credit: Stuart Wilson.

Butterfly of the week

Not the typical butterflybut this is the protein folding structure from a South American hemorrhagic feverthe 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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Stupid buttefly of the week

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 . . . → Lees meer: Stupid buttefly of the week

Time-lapse butterflies

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