Insetti tal-Filippini 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 . . . → Aqra Aktar: Insetti tal-Filippini I

It-tnejn Moth

Il-ġimgħa li għaddiet Jim Hayden ħaseb li l-kamla li stajt kienet Oecophoridae Awstraljana. Kienet raden tajjeb għax hemm ħafna kamla kbar u tal-isturdament f'din il-familja mill-Awstralja. Wieħed mill-aqwa għandu jkun dan, Wingia lambertella (Oecophoridae), maqbuda fuq Black Mountain f'Canberra Ottubru 23, 1955 (Kollezzjonijiet CAS). . . . → Aqra Aktar: It-tnejn Moth

Genius of the Press 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: . . . → Aqra Aktar: Genius of the Press XX

It-tnejn Moth

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 . . . → Aqra Aktar: It-tnejn Moth

Ħanfusa bil-Ġwienaħ

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)

. . . → Aqra Aktar: Ħanfusa bil-Ġwienaħ

Moth Dancing

Hawnhekk hawn video ieħor mill-isbaħ minn Warren! Qed naħseb li din hija Choreutidae minħabba l-mod kif jinżammu l-ġwienaħ waqt iż-żfin – għalkemm huwa mgħaġġel wisq biex tassew tidher ċara. Minħabba li huwa minn fawna li jien totalment mhux familjari miegħu nista 'faċilment niżbalja – so please correct me . . . → Aqra Aktar: Moth Dancing

NABA dawriet Ħut u Wildlife fis zombies brainless

Frisk off-presses, il-Blue Butterfly Miami (MBB) issa hija elenkata bħala federalment f'perikolu minn att ta 'dispożizzjoni ta' emerġenza. Ħuzza! (dritt?)

Miami Blue Butterfly minn Friefet ta 'l-Amerika

Ewwel ħsieb tiegħi kien “stenna, ma kienx dan diġà fil-periklu?”. Iva, jinstabx l MBB ġie istat f'periklu minħabba 2002 wara emerġenza preċedenti . . . → Aqra Aktar: NABA dawriet Ħut u Wildlife fis zombies brainless

It-tnejn Moth

 

Il-kamla ta’ din il-ġimgħa hija filmat ta’ mikro żfin mill-Filippini (meħuda minn Warren Laurde). Kif tista' tissuspetta li din hija wirja ta' tgħammir li tispiċċa fi headstand pjuttost spettakolari. Hemm ħafna microleps oħra li għandhom imġieba taż-żfin jew tal-wiri, but there are almost no other videos online . . . → Aqra Aktar: It-tnejn Moth

It-tnejn Moth

Chiricahua multidentata (Kamla geometer)

Il-kamla ta 'dan it-Tnejn hija speċi spettakolari mill-muntanji ta' Arizona – Chiricahua multidentata, a Geometrid. L-uniku post magħruf għal din l-ispeċi jinsab fil-quċċata tal-muntanji Chiricahua hawn fuq 9,000 saqajn (li kien biss bruned għal iqarmeċ). Hopefully the fire was not . . . → Aqra Aktar: It-tnejn Moth

Genius tal-XIX-Istampa

Għadda ftit żmien mill-aħħar sfida tal-GOP, iżda dan huwa softball. Qed nittama li kienu għażżien wisq biex isibu immaġni aktar adattata…