Insetos das Filipinas 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 . . . → Leia mais: Insetos das Filipinas I

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Na semana passada, Jim Hayden adivinhou que a mariposa que postei era uma Oecophoridae australiana. Foi um bom palpite porque há tantas mariposas grandes e impressionantes nesta família da Austrália. Um dos melhores tem que ser este, Wingia lambertella (Oecophoridae), capturado em Black Mountain em Camberra outubro 23, 1955 (Coleções CAS). . . . → Leia mais: Segunda-feira Traça

Gênio da Imprensa 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: . . . → Leia mais: Gênio da Imprensa XX

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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 . . . → Leia mais: Segunda-feira Traça

Besouro Alado-Rede

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)

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Mariposa Dançarina

Here is another wonderful video from Warren! I am guessing this is a Choreutidae because of the way the wings are held while dancingalthough it’s too fast to really get a clear look. Given that it’s from a fauna I’m totally unfamiliar with I could easily be wrongso please correct me . . . → Leia mais: Mariposa Dançarina

NABA transforma peixes e animais selvagens em zumbis sem cérebro

Recém-saído das prensas, a borboleta azul de Miami (MBB) is now listed as federally endangered by act of an emergency provision. Huzá! (direito?)

Borboleta Azul de Miami from Borboletas da América

Meu primeiro pensamento foi “esperar, wasn’t this already endangered?”. Sim, Acontece que o MBB está ameaçado pelo Estado desde 2002 after a previous emergency . . . → Leia mais: NABA transforma peixes e animais selvagens em zumbis sem cérebro

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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 . . . → Leia mais: Segunda-feira Traça

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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 pés (which was just bruned to a crisp). Hopefully the fire was not . . . → Leia mais: Segunda-feira Traça

Genius of the Press XIX

It’s been a little while since the last GOP challenge, but this is a softball. I’m hoping they were just too lazy to find a more suitable image