As I was photographing and databsing the Cicindelinae from the collections of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science I came across this specimen collected on the 10th June 1921, Chicago Illinois. The beetle is Cicindela hirticollis hirticollis (could be a boldly marked ssp rhodensis as they readily intergrade along their boundaries) and is one . . . → Read More: A beetle from an interesting time
 One comment - (Comments are closed)  Entomology  1921, Chicago, Coleoptera, Colorado, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Entomology, Field Museum of Natural History, History, Museums This beautiful animal is a moth I reared from Quercus palmeri down in the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona. It’s in the family Gracillariidae and most likely in the genus Acrocercops – according to Dave Wagner it may represent a new species, but that’s not an uncommon thing with small moths. It was fairly abundant, so . . . → Read More: Monday Moth Share this! 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Entomology Arizona, Collecting, Colorado, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Entomology, Lepidoptera, Monday Moth, Moths, New Species, Photography, Rearing The Hop Azure (Celastrina humulus) is a diminutive and uncommon blue found on the front range of the Rockies here in Colorado. Its host plant is the wild hop: Humulus lupulus, varieties of which are of course a critical ingredient in beer! In a week or two I’ll be out in the field looking to . . . → Read More: A Very Hoppy Butterfly Researcher Share this! 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Beer, Entomology Beer, Butterflies, Colorado, Conservation, Entomology, Front Range, Hops, Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae The time is fast approaching for this years National Moth Week, July 20-28 2013! The first ever Moth Week last year was a huge success with over 300 events from 49 US States and 30 countries! Help make this year even bigger – if you’re interested in moths at all you should find a local . . . → Read More: National Moth Week 2013! Share this! One comment - (Comments are closed) Entomology, Science News Citizen Science, Colorado, Denver, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Entomology, Lepidoptera, Moths, National Moth Week To reignite the Monday Moth series here is a stunner: Melemaea magdalena (Geometridae).
This rare beauty has previously only been known from scattered localities across the mountain west and only from a few individuals every other season. That is until Denver Museum volunteer Barbara Bartell began inventorying moths on her property near Golden . . . → Read More: Monday Moth Share this! One comment - (Comments are closed) Entomology Colorado, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Entomology, Geometridae, Lepidoptera, Monday Moth, Moths, Museums |
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