A continuation of the aquamoth series, this time with video from Science Friday! Wi, I have to link it because wordpress won’t embed… Thanks Ted, figured it out!
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A few images from my weekend mothing trip down to Shell Creek, San Luis Obispo County. Early spring along the central coast is stunning, and the back roads were packed with flower watchers. There were dozens of cars occupied by families out for a weekend drive, many had packed lunches and sat to watch the . . . → Li piplis: Rivyè nan lò Pataje sa a!Pase pliye tèt ou yon ensèk. Sa yo moso nan atizay yo se kreyasyon an nan Robert J. Mèsi. Chans yo si ou te wè kèk origami fou pase yo te kreyasyon l '. Wi, moun yo aktyèlman te fè soti nan yon sèl pyès sèl nan papye bati. Li bay modèl la pli pou pifò nan desen l ', men aktyèlman plisman . . . → Li piplis: Twòp gratis-tan? Pataje sa a!For those who saw the FOX interview with MSU entomologist Dr. Cognato (OK, for those who didn’t, here it is), you will be interested to hear his side of the story. [youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7f52y4Nq4E&feature=player_embedded] Take the time to register (padon, it’s annoying but I couldn’t find it anywhere else) and read a response to the interview by . . . → Li piplis: And now you know the rest of the story Pataje sa a!I came across the full-text PDF of the amphibious moth article and extracted the tree showing the radiation of this species group and probable evolution of the amphibious traits. Interesting to note the case shape, and each moth is endemic to its own volcano in the Hawaiian archipelago. This is a Bayesian analysis of . . . → Li piplis: Pati Aquamoth 2 Pataje sa a!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).
. . . → Li piplis: Repons nan Jeni laprès semèn pase a Pataje sa a!Another amazing animal from Hawaii – a completely amphibious caterpillar (published in the March 22 PNAS). While there are a few aquatic Lepidoptera, all of them have gills that keep them restricted to the water (lide ou, we are talking only about the larval stage). If their stream dries up, so does the caterpillar. . . . → Li piplis: Aquamoth! Pataje sa a!Spring te vini nan nò Kalifòni ak papiyon yo sou zèl a. Mwen te pran yon vwayaj rapid jiska pye mòn yo Sierra pandan fen semèn nan ak hiked moute pant yo apik pi wo a larivyè Lefrat la Ameriken. Pi wo pase se foto Xanthothrix ranunculi f. albipuncta (Slide: Stiriinae). Li k ap pase yo dwe chita sou yon bèl California . . . → Li piplis: California Spring Pataje sa a!Yon lòt pati ankò nan seri pi renmen mwen an, jeni laprès la. This article comes from ABC news, ki moun ki ka idantifye cheni sa a? It is decidedly NOT a gypsy moth. Fellow entomology blogger Myrmecos had a similar story last week. Pataje sa a!(foto kredi) Monak yo te kòmanse nò migrasyon sezon prentan yo, epi ou ta ka menm wè youn byento (pa enteresan si ou ap viv nan FL oswa HI kote gen moun ki abite pandan tout ane a, oswa nan CA kote gen tach separe ivèrnaj). Rapò ki sòti nan kote sezon ivè yo nan Meksik sepandan yo se patisipasyon de; ak pètèt ki pi ba a . . . → Li piplis: Off ak tèt yo! Pataje sa a! 2 kòmantè - (Kòmantè yo fèmen)  Antomoloji  Barcoding, Papiyon, Konsèvasyon, ADN, Antomoloji, Lepidoptèr, Monarch |
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