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Today’s moth is an understated brown Crambidae, Loxostege brunneitincta. While this isn’t a particularly captivating moth it does have an interesting story that illustrates the need for scientific collections and museum loans. If you read the label image you will notice the moth was originally collected in 1927 by E. 피. Van . . . → 자세히보기: 월요일 엄 이 항목을 공유!나는 확신으로 당신은 일이 지난 두 달 동안 여기 몹시 조용했다 나타났습니다. 월 대부분은 I 이동과 바쁜, 샌프란시스코 발 시카고 행. Unfortunately the foundation that was supporting my work at the California Academy of Sciences had some tough financial calls to make and my position . . . → 자세히보기: 돌아 가기 블로깅에! 이 항목을 공유!니그로 루파 변환 (메갈로 피기과)
이번 월요일 나방은 Neotropical Megalopygidae의 놀라운 여성입니다 – 니그로 루파 변환. Ed Ross와 Ev Schlinger는 페루에서이 표본을 수집했습니다. 1955, 이 서사시 탐험에 대한 많은 이야기를 들었습니다. 화물선을 통해 여행하는 것을 상상할 수 없습니다, being gone for six or more . . . → 자세히보기: 월요일 엄 이 항목을 공유!죄송합니다, I skipped last monday’s moth, so here are two! These are some stunners from the CAS Philippines expedition and I think I have figured out their names. If you know better, please correct me.
Parasa darma (Limacodidae)
Parotis marginata (Crambidae)
. . . → 자세히보기: 월요일 엄 이 항목을 공유!A month ago or so the California Academy of Sciences launched a full fledged expedition to the Philippines. While the majority of the cash was spent on a clipper ship and dive teams, there was a terrestrial component. While I didn’t get to go (and sat at home and pouted), I did talk some of . . . → 자세히보기: Insects of the Philippines I 이 항목을 공유!Last week Jim Hayden guessed the moth I posted was an Australian Oecophoridae. It was a good guess because there are so many large and stunning moths in this family from Australia. One of the best has to be this one, Wingia lambertella (Oecophoridae), captured on Black Mountain in Canberra October 23, 1955 (CAS collections). . . . → 자세히보기: 월요일 엄 이 항목을 공유!ANSWER: This wasn’t easy – but this large and beautiful moth was from Australia and is in the family Xyloryctidae (Philarista sp.). We have a handful of representatives of this group here in the US and Ted MacRae over on Beetles in the Bush has a few great photographs of them. Somehow I think we . . . → 자세히보기: 월요일 엄 이 항목을 공유!I’ll keep the ball rolling with Arctiinae and post a photo today of Ctenucha brunnea. This moth can be common in tall grasses along beaches from San Francisco to LA – although in recent decades the numbers of this moth have been declining with habitat destruction and the invasion of beach grass (Ammophila arenaria). 그러나 . . . → 자세히보기: 월요일 엄 이 항목을 공유!I’m going to keep the ball rolling with this series and try to make it more regular. I will also focus on highlighting a new species each week from the massive collections here at the California Academy of Sciences. This should give me enough material for… at least a few hundred years. Grammia . . . → 자세히보기: 월요일 엄 이 항목을 공유!확인, 곤충이 아니다…
앞으로 3주 동안 California Academy of Sciences의 거미학 연구실 동료들이 필리핀에 있습니다.! (아니요, 전혀 질투하지 않는다…) 여행은 CAS Hearst 탐험의 일부입니다., 설문 조사를 위해 모든 연구 부서에 걸친 막대한 노력 . . . → 자세히보기: 거미 학자들이 상륙했습니다 이 항목을 공유! |
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