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 . . . → مزید پڑھیں: Moth Perfume
 5 تبصرے - (تبصرے بند ہیں)  حشریات  تیتلیوں, Defensive Behavior, حشریات, جمع کے خطرات, لیپڈوپٹیرہ, کیڑا Recently came across some ridiculously horrible taxonomy from China (.پی ڈی ایف). 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 . . . → مزید پڑھیں: اصول صنف بندی ناکام اس اشتراک کریں!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 . . . → مزید پڑھیں: Butterfly of the week اس اشتراک کریں!(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 . . . → مزید پڑھیں: ان کے سروں کے ساتھ بند! اس اشتراک کریں!سانتا باربرا نیوز پریس میں شائع ہوا۔, موسم سرما 2009. کون مجھے بتا سکتا ہے کہ ان سرخیوں میں کیا غلط ہے۔? صفحہ اسکین کریڈٹ: اسٹورٹ ولسن. اس اشتراک کریں!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). . . . → مزید پڑھیں: Butterfly of the week اس اشتراک کریں!
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 . . . → مزید پڑھیں: Stupid buttefly of the week اس اشتراک کریں!تتلیوں میں کافی عدم دلچسپی کے باوجود, وہ دیکھنے کے لئے خوبصورت ہیں. یہاں ایک ایسے لڑکے کی واقعی زبردست ویڈیو ہے جسے میں جنوبی CA میں جانتا ہوں۔. لیپیڈوپٹرا لائف سائیکل کی اس کی ٹائم لیپس ویڈیوز کافی متاثر کن ہیں۔, اور یہ خاص طور پر خوبصورت ہے۔. اگر آپ کے بارے میں کاٹ 3:00 میں, you will see dozens . . . → مزید پڑھیں: وقت گزر جانے والی تتلیاں اس اشتراک کریں! |
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