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 – they . . . → Čítajte viac: Moth Parfumy
 5 komentáre - (komentáre sú uzavreté)  Entomológia  Motýle, Defensive Behavior, Entomológia, Nebezpečenstvo Zber, Lepidoptera, Mory 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 . . . → Čítajte viac: Taxonómie Fail Zdieľať tento! 4 komentáre - (komentáre sú uzavreté) Entomológia Motýle, Crank, Entomológia, Lepidoptera, Nové druhy 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 . . . → Čítajte viac: Butterfly v týždni Zdieľať tento!(fotografický kredit) The monarchs have started their spring migration north and you might even see one soon (nie je to vzrušujúce, ak žijete na FL alebo HI, kde sú celoroční obyvatelia, alebo v CA, kde sú samostatné prezimovacie miesta). Správy z ich zimných miest v Mexiku sú však tristné; with possibly the lowest . . . → Čítajte viac: Preč s ich hlavami! Zdieľať tento! 2 komentáre - (komentáre sú uzavreté) Entomológia Barcoding, Motýle, Zachovanie, DNA, Entomológia, Lepidoptera, Monarch Published in the Santa Barbara News Press, Winter 2009. Who can tell me what’s wrong with these captions? Page scan credit: Stuart Wilson. Zdieľať tento!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). . . . → Čítajte viac: Butterfly v týždni Zdieľať tento!
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 . . . → Čítajte viac: Hlúpy motýľ týždňa Zdieľať tento!Napriek tomu, že je celkom bez záujmu na motýle, sú celkom na pohľad. Tu je naozaj skvelé video chlap Viem, že v južnej CA. Jeho čas-lapse videá Lepidoptera životných cyklov sú celkom pôsobivé, a toto je najmä krásny. Ak sa porežete do o 3:00 v, uvidíte desiatky . . . → Čítajte viac: Time-lapse motýle Zdieľať tento! |
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