Butterfly of the week

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 . . . → En savoir plus: Butterfly of the week

Génie de la presse, dans. 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?

Réponse au Génie de la Presse de la semaine dernière

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).

. . . → En savoir plus: Réponse au Génie de la Presse de la semaine dernière

Génie de la presse, 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.

The genius of the press

Came across this article today care of Doug Yanega at UC Riverside, which spurred the search for further information. Who can tell me what thoseflowersactually are? 10 points to the first to guess correctlyor maybe some awesome prize?

OK gens de papillon, qui suis-je?

C'est une vieille image de la mine, il n'est donc pas parfait. Si vous pouvez me dire ce papillon aux espèces que vous obtenez un haut-cinq. Si vous connaissez la sous-espèce, Je vais vous envoyer un nouveau paquet de #3 goupilles en acier inoxydable! Seulement allusion: C'est à partir de l'ouest des Etats-Unis.

. . . → En savoir plus: OK gens de papillon, qui suis-je?