Av Chris Grinter, den 24 augusti, 2011% 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 . . . → Läs mer: Insects of the Philippines I
Av Chris Grinter, on August 22nd, 2011% Last week Jim Hayden guessed the moth I posted was an Australian Oecophoridae. It was a good guess because there are so many large and stunning moths in this family from Australia. One of the best has to be this one, Wingia lambertella (Oecophoridae), captured on Black Mountain in Canberra October 23, 1955 (CAS collections). . . . → Läs mer: Måndag mal
Av Chris Grinter, on August 19th, 2011% 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 sites – but here is a brief and painful lep roundup using Google.
Step 1: Image search “moth on flower”.
Step 2: . . . → Läs mer: Genius of the Press XX
Av Chris Grinter, on August 15th, 2011% ANSWER: This wasn’t easy – but 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 . . . → Läs mer: Måndag mal
Av Chris Grinter, den 14 augusti, 2011% Dessa stora och intressanta Lycidae-skalbaggar (Lycus fernandezi) fanns rikligt i sydöstra Arizona för några veckor sedan. Ständigt flyger mellan blommor och fuktig sand som de skapade för enkla fotograferingsmål. jag tänkte för mig själv “här är ett fantastiskt tillfälle att fånga en skalbagge som tar fart!”.
Vänta på det…
Lycus fernandezi (Lycidae)
. . . → Läs mer: Net-Winged Beetle
Av Chris Grinter, on August 11th, 2011% Here is another wonderful video from Warren! I am guessing this is a Choreutidae because of the way the wings are held while dancing – although 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 wrong – so please correct me . . . → Läs mer: Dansande mal
Av Chris Grinter, den 10 augusti, 2011% Färska av pressarna, Miami Blue Butterfly (MBB) är nu listad som federalt hotas av handling av en nödsituation bestämmelse. Huzzah! (höger?)
Miami Blue Butterfly från Butterflies of America
Min första tanke var “vänta, var inte detta redan hotade?”. Ja, visar sig att MBB har state-hotade sedan 2002 after a previous emergency . . . → Läs mer: Naba Slår fisk och djurliv i Brainless Zombies
Av Chris Grinter, den 8 augusti, 2011%
Veckans moth är en video av en dansande mikro från Filippinerna (tagen av Warren Laurde). Som du kanske misstänker är detta en parningsskärm som slutar i en ganska spektakulär huvudställning. Det finns massor av andra mikroleps som dansar eller visar beteende, men det finns nästan inga andra videor online . . . → Läs mer: Måndag mal
Av Chris Grinter, on August 1st, 2011% Chiricahua multidentata (Mätare)
This Monday’s moth is a spectacular species from the mountains of Arizona – Chiricahua multidentata, a Geometrid. The only known location for this species is at the very top of the Chiricahua mountains above 9,000 fot (which was just bruned to a crisp). Hopefully the fire was not . . . → Läs mer: Måndag mal
Av Chris Grinter, den 22 juli, 2011% 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…
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