Vabzdžiai Filipinai I

A month ago or so the California Academy of Sciences launched a full fledged expedition to the Philippines. While the majority of the cash was spent on a clipper ship and dive teams, there was a terrestrial component. While I didn’t get to go (and sat at home and pouted), I did talk some of . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Vabzdžiai Filipinai I

Pirmadienis Drugelis

Praėjusią savaitę Jimas Haydenas atspėjo, kad mano paskelbta kandis yra Australijos Oecophoridae. Tai buvo geras spėjimas, nes šioje šeimoje yra tiek daug didelių ir nuostabių kandžių iš Australijos. Šis turi būti vienas geriausių, Wingia lambertella (Oecophoridae), spalį sugautas ant Juodojo kalno Kanberoje 23, 1955 (CAS kolekcijos). . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Pirmadienis Drugelis

Spaudos genijus XX

This GOP is less of a challenge and more of a simple roundup of miserable stock photography. Alex Wild and others have long ago pointed out the massive failings of many stock photo sitesbut here is a brief and painful lep roundup using Google.

Step 1: Image searchmoth on flower”.

Step 2: . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Spaudos genijus XX

Pirmadienis Drugelis

ANSWER: This wasn’t easybut this large and beautiful moth was from Australia and is in the family Xyloryctidae (Philarista sp.). We have a handful of representatives of this group here in the US and Ted MacRae over on Beetles in the Bush has a few great photographs of them. Somehow I think we . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Pirmadienis Drugelis

Grynasis sparnuotas Vabalas

These large and interesting Lycidae beetles (Lycus fernandezi) were abundant in south eastern Arizona a few weeks ago. Constantly flying between flowers and moist sand they were making for easy photography targets. I thought to myselfhere is a great opportunity to catch a beetle taking off!”.

Wait for it

Lycus fernandezi (Lycidae)

. . . → Skaityti daugiau: Grynasis sparnuotas Vabalas

Šokiai drugelis

Štai dar vienas puikus video iš Warren! Aš atspėti tai Choreutidae nes taip sparnai vyksta, o Šokiai – nors tai per greitai, kad tikrai gauti aiškią išvaizdą. Atsižvelgiant į tai, kad jis iš po faunos aš visiškai susipažinę su galėjau lengvai klysti – so please correct me . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Šokiai drugelis

Bamba Pasirodo žuvų ir laukinės gamtos į besmegeniai zombiai

Fresh off the presses, the Miami Blue Butterfly (MBB) is now listed as federally endangered by act of an emergency provision. Huzzah! (teisė?)

Miami Blue Butterfly from Butterflies of America

My first thought waswait, wasn’t this already endangered?”. Taip, turns out the MBB has been state-endangered since 2002 after a previous emergency . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Bamba Pasirodo žuvų ir laukinės gamtos į besmegeniai zombiai

Pirmadienis Drugelis

 

This week’s moth is a video of a dancing micro from the Philippines (taken by Warren Laurde). As you might suspect this is a mating display that ends in a pretty spectacular headstand. There are lots of other microleps that have dancing or display behavior, but there are almost no other videos online . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Pirmadienis Drugelis

Pirmadienis Drugelis

Chiricahua multidentata (Geometridae)

This Monday’s moth is a spectacular species from the mountains of ArizonaChiricahua multidentata, a Geometrid. The only known location for this species is at the very top of the Chiricahua mountains above 9,000 pėdos (which was just bruned to a crisp). Hopefully the fire was not . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Pirmadienis Drugelis

Genius of the Press XIX

Tai buvo šiek tiek, o nuo paskutinio GOP iššūkis, but this is a softball. Aš tikiuosi, jie buvo tiesiog per daug tingus, kad rasti tinkamesnę vaizdas…