Isnin rama-rama

Rama-rama hari ini ialah Crambidae coklat yang bersahaja, Loxostege brunneitincta. Walaupun ini bukan rama-rama yang sangat menawan, ia mempunyai kisah menarik yang menggambarkan keperluan untuk koleksi saintifik dan pinjaman muzium. Jika anda membaca imej label, anda akan melihat rama-rama itu pada asalnya dikumpulkan 1927 oleh E. P. daripada . . . → Baca Lebih: Isnin rama-rama

Kembali ke Blogging!

Memandangkan saya pasti anda perasan keadaan menjadi sunyi senyap di sini sejak dua bulan lalu. Kebanyakan bulan Januari saya sibuk dengan pergerakan, dari San Francisco ke Chicago. Unfortunately the foundation that was supporting my work at the California Academy of Sciences had some tough financial calls to make and my position . . . → Baca Lebih: Kembali ke Blogging!

Isnin rama-rama

Trosia nigrorufa (Megalopygidae)

 

This Monday moth is a stunning female of the Neotropical MegalopygidaeTrosia nigrorufa. Ed Ross and Ev Schlinger collected this specimen in Peru in 1955, and I’ve heard many stories about these epic expeditions. I can’t really imagine travelling via cargo ship, being gone for six or more . . . → Baca Lebih: Isnin rama-rama

Isnin rama-rama

Oops, 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)

 

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Serangga di Filipina saya

Sebulan yang lalu atau jadi California Akademi Sains melancarkan ekspedisi lengkap penuh kepada Filipina. Walaupun majoriti tunai telah dibelanjakan untuk kapal penggunting dan pasukan menyelam, terdapat komponen daratan. Walaupun saya tidak mendapat untuk pergi (dan duduk di rumah dan pouted), Saya bercakap beberapa . . . → Baca Lebih: Serangga di Filipina saya

Isnin rama-rama

Minggu lepas Jim Hayden meneka rama-rama yang saya siarkan ialah Oecophoridae Australia. Ia adalah satu tekaan yang baik kerana terdapat begitu banyak rama-rama yang besar dan menakjubkan dalam keluarga dari Australia ini. Salah satu yang terbaik mesti yang ini, Wingia lambertella (Oecophoridae), ditangkap di Black Mountain di Canberra Oktober 23, 1955 (koleksi CAS). . . . → Baca Lebih: Isnin rama-rama

Isnin rama-rama

ANSWER: This wasn’t easybut 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 . . . → Baca Lebih: Isnin rama-rama

Isnin rama-rama

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 LAalthough in recent decades the numbers of this moth have been declining with habitat destruction and the invasion of beach grass (Ammophila arenaria). Tetapi . . . → Baca Lebih: Isnin rama-rama

Isnin rama-rama

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 forat least a few hundred years.

Grammia . . . → Baca Lebih: Isnin rama-rama

The Arachnologists have landed

okey, not an insect

 

For the next three weeks my colleagues from the Arachnology lab at the California Academy of Sciences are in the Philippines! (no, not jealous at all…) The trip is part of the CAS Hearst expedition, a massive effort spanning all of our research departments to survey . . . → Baca Lebih: The Arachnologists have landed