Fresh off the desk of the Nature News is a feature pondering a world without mosquitos (or -toes). How is this news? Perhaps there is some new vector control we all need to hear about! געזונט, check out the article from the latest edition of Nature titled “A World Without Mosquitoes“. I originally came . . . → לייענען מער: Pointless news, this time from Nature
 4 באַמערקונגען - (באַמערקונגען זענען פֿאַרמאַכט)  ענטאָמאָלאָגי, סקעפּטיסיזאַם  ענטאָמאָלאָגי, געזונטהייַט, מאַלאַריאַ, מידיאַ, מאַסקיטאָוז, סקעפּטיסיזאַם קעשורע, maybe not. But I did get a little jealous when I came across this article where I discovered a local San Francisco artist who is charging $60 a pop for “insect spreading classes”. I wonder how many really show up to the monthly class? This just in, Chris Grinter is offering an insect spreading . . . → לייענען מער: I should start charging שער דעם!Just about time for another volume of Genius of the Press. Who will be first to spot the error here? געגעבן, the information section of the california flat rate moving website is not exactly a source of top notch journalism… שער דעם! 6 באַמערקונגען - (באַמערקונגען זענען פֿאַרמאַכט) ענטאָמאָלאָגי קאָנקורס, ענטאָמאָלאָגי, הומאָר, מידיאַ Here are a few more images from my recent northern road trip, this time from western Idaho. Right outside the town of New Meadows were fields of flowers thick with life. It was some of the best day collecting I’ve done in years, and fellow road tripper Peter Jump and I discovered this . . . → לייענען מער: This time, with a moth שער דעם! 3 באַמערקונגען - (באַמערקונגען זענען פֿאַרמאַכט) ענטאָמאָלאָגי באַטערפלייז, דנאַ, ענטאָמאָלאָגי, לעפּידאָפּטעראַ, מאָטס In eastern Lassen county, on the vast high juniper hills of the California-Nevada border, there are herds of “wild” horses, sheep and cattle. Par for the course, the only flowering plant around was horehound (Marrubium vulgare). Despite the non-native flora and (semi)mega-fauna, the insects were still at home. Being the only nectar source, the small . . . → לייענען מער: The only bar in town שער דעם! 6 באַמערקונגען - (באַמערקונגען זענען פֿאַרמאַכט) ענטאָמאָלאָגי באַטערפלייז, קאַנסערוויישאַן, ענטאָמאָלאָגי, לעפּידאָפּטעראַ A few months ago I was out collecting in western Arizona and failed to follow through with any images or updates on that trip. געזונט, it was a success and well worth the miles to get there! I was searching for a Crambid moth in the mountains of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge (special thanks . . . → לייענען מער: Western Arizona שער דעם! 3 באַמערקונגען - (באַמערקונגען זענען פֿאַרמאַכט) ענטאָמאָלאָגי אַריזאָנאַ, קאַלעקטינג, ענטאָמאָלאָגי, מאָטס Over the next week and a half I’ll be driving up to Washington state for the annual Lepidopterists’ חברה פאַרזאַמלונג. It is located in the tourist-trap town of Leavenworth, which is a “Bavarian themed” diorama of postcard and clog shops. While I can never quite understand the appeal of themed towns, it is something . . . → לייענען מער: On the road again שער דעם! 2 באַמערקונגען - (באַמערקונגען זענען פֿאַרמאַכט) ענטאָמאָלאָגי קאַלעקטינג, ענטאָמאָלאָגי, לעפּידאָפּטעראַ And now for the even more infrequently reoccurring series, vox populi! For those without scarring high school memories of latin class (through no fault of my teacher) I’ll bring you up to speed – the title roughly translates to “voice of the people”. Here is another old e-mail that I’ve been saving. It is a . . . → לייענען מער: Vox Populi, volume II שער דעם!Welcome to volume eight of the inconsistently reoccurring series, זשעני פון די דרוק. I came across this article recently regarding an endemic Puerto Rican butterfly. Who can tell me exactly why this report is misleading? It may be a little trickier than the standard GOP (I suggest discarding any previously associated acronyms with those letters). . . . → לייענען מער: Genius of the Press VIII שער דעם! 5 באַמערקונגען - (באַמערקונגען זענען פֿאַרמאַכט) ענטאָמאָלאָגי באַטערפלייז, קאַנסערוויישאַן, קאָנקורס, ענטאָמאָלאָגי, לעפּידאָפּטעראַ, מידיאַ
Welcome to The Moth and Me #12, and my first blog carnival. Despite blogging for a few months I have yet to take a look back and reflect on exactly how I became enamored with lepidoptera in the first place. Remembering a time or location where this happened is impossible, and like . . . → לייענען מער: די מאָט און מיר #12 שער דעם! 10 באַמערקונגען - (באַמערקונגען זענען פֿאַרמאַכט) ענטאָמאָלאָגי Carnival, ענטאָמאָלאָגי, לעפּידאָפּטעראַ, מאָטס, די מאָט און מיר |
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