De la papallona de la setmana

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 . . . → Llegir més: De la papallona de la setmana

Geni de la Premsa, v. IV

Another installment of Genius of the Press, and perhaps a bit of a softball. (Yikes these are easy to find) Who can tell me whats wrong with this article?

Answer to last week’s Genius of the Press

For all those who abstained from voting (I want to assume some readers must have known the identity of our mystery caterpillar, but were too lazy to comment), here is the answer (after the break).

. . . → Llegir més: Answer to last week’s Genius of the Press

Geni de la Premsa, v.III

Yet another installment of my favorite series, the genius of the press. This article comes from ABC news, who can identify this caterpillar? It is decidedly NOT a gypsy moth.

Fellow entomology blogger Myrmecos had a similar story last week.

El geni de la premsa

Avui he trobat aquest article amb la cura de Doug Yanega a UC Riverside, que va impulsar la recerca de més informació. Qui em pot dir què són “flors” realment ho són? 10 assenyala el primer a endevinar correctament… o potser algun premi fantàstic?

Persones papallona OK, ¿Qui sóc jo?

This is an old image of mine, so it’s not perfect. If you can tell me this butterfly to species you get a high-five. If you know the subspecies, I’ll send you a new pack of #3 stainless steel pins! Only hint: It’s from the western USA.

. . . → Llegir més: Persones papallona OK, ¿Qui sóc jo?