Ag Chris Grinter, on June 1st, 2012% Not an uncommon moth, but a distinguished looking one. This is Catocala ilia (Erebidae) ((formerly Noctuidae)), and it feeds on a handful of Oaks. It came into my light over the weekend in Southern Illinois, down in the Trail of Tears State Forest. As with so many other moths this widespread species has a number . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Leamhan portráidíochta
Ag Chris Grinter, ar an 26ú Aibreán, 2012%
Tá an nuacht áitiúil don chuid is mó de na Stáit Aontaithe thoir agus Ceanada curtha aflutter (Tá) le déanaí le tuarascálacha na irruption de Vanessa Atalanta – an féileacán Red Aimiréil. Cé go bhfuil sé seo le tarlú coiteann gach earrach do na féileacáin ag dul ar imirce ó thuaidh óna forais overwintering sna Stáit Aontaithe ó dheas, . . . → Leigh Nios mo: An ionradh ar an Féileacáin
Ag Chris Grinter, 16 Aibreán, 2012%
Is Crambidae donn gannmheasta é leamhan an lae inniu, Loxostege brunneitincta. Cé nach leamh an-tarraingteach é seo, tá scéal suimiúil ann a léiríonn an gá atá le bailiúcháin eolaíochta agus le hiasachtaí ó mhúsaeim.. Má léann tú íomhá an lipéid tabharfaidh tú faoi deara gur bailíodh an leamhan ann ar dtús 1927 by E. P. Van . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Dé Luain Leamhan
Ag Chris Grinter, ar an 19ú Márta, 2012%
Ar ais go dtí an Leamhan Dé Luain! Is é seo an feithidí álainn Stiria dyari (Noctuidae) bailíodh ar thuras Feabhra lasmuigh de Cataviña, Baja California Meicsiceo. Creidim go bhfuil na plandaí óstach fós anaithnid, ach tá gach ceann de na leamhain sa ghéineas Stiria na forewings buí iontach a chabhróidh leo duaithníocht ar an gas . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Dé Luain Leamhan
Ag Chris Grinter, on March 15th, 2012% Back from hiatus and back to the Genius of the Press insect-news-failure series! Fresh off the presses from last year, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the UK was shut down for a massive infestation of clothes moths. The picture shown here from “The Nation” story is a far cry from a . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Genius an XXII Phreasa
Ag Chris Grinter, an 1 Nollaig, 2011% Beidh an chéad Seachtain Náisiúnta Leamhan bliantúil an samhradh seo, Iúil 23-29, 2012! Is é seo an chéad imeacht dá leithéid i SAM (tá an-tóir air sa Ríocht Aontaithe le tamall maith) agus is iarracht é seo chun daoine a spreagadh chun dul taobh amuigh agus iniúchadh a dhéanamh ar a gcuid fána leamhan nach mbreathnaítear orthu go minic. Tá ag na SA . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Seachtain Náisiúnta Leamhan 2012
Ag Chris Grinter, on November 19th, 2011% For all intents and purposes this looks like a blue butterfly (as in subfamily Polyommatinae)… it’s very, very blue after all. But assumptions based on color would lead you down the incorrect road; as it turns out this butterfly is actually a species copper. There are subtle difference in wing shape and probably venation, ach . . . → Leigh Nios mo: A Copper Butterfly in Disguise
Ag Chris Grinter, ar an 16ú Samhain, 2011% Mé díreach tar éis ar ais ó Chumann entomological Mheiriceá comhdháil bhliantúil i Reno, Nevada! Tá sé an gcruinniú is mó dá leithéid ar domhan, le níos mó ná 4,000 lucht freastail ó gach tráth den saol taighde feithidí. Tá mo leasanna i Systematics, cainteanna éabhlóid agus bithéagsúlacht – agus beidh mé iarracht a recap roinnt de na . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Bugs i Reno: ESA 2011
Ag Chris Grinter, ar 8 Samhain, 2011% Tá gach duine ar an eolas is dócha leis an múnla caighdeánach do moth nó féileacán – tuí-mhaith proboscis a bhaint neachtar bhfolach laistigh bláthanna. An chuid is mó de na Lepidoptera tar éis éagsúlú taobh leis an radaíocht de phlandaí angiosperm, bheith ar cheann de na horduithe is éagsúil agus flúirseach na beatha ar domhan. Seo paraidím nach bhfuil, áfach . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Éagsúlú Leamhain le fiacla
Ag Chris Grinter, on November 3rd, 2011% That’s how the saying goes, ceart? Two weeks ago I participated in the 5th annual National Geographic BioBlitz over in Saguaro National Park in Tucson, Arizona. It was a great excuse to get back into the field and it was the first time I collected Arizona in the fall. Temps were still pushing the mid . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Busy as a Moth
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