Astelehena sits

I’ll keep the ball rolling with Arctiinae and post a photo today of Ctenucha brunnea. This moth can be common in tall grasses along beaches from San Francisco to LAalthough in recent decades the numbers of this moth have been declining with habitat destruction and the invasion of beach grass (Ammophila arenaria). Baina . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Astelehena sits

Komisarioak Harrituta!

Baita asmatu ahal izango duzu gaia ez da hunkigarriak nire izenburu gisa iradokitzen, baina ezin dut lagundu, baina Guardian article spin. Benetan barregarria iruditzen zait zientzialariak direla dioen edozer topatzen dudanean “Harrituta”, “nahasia”, “harritu”, “harrituta”, – Uste dut, denbora beste gai bat… Hala ere a . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Komisarioak Harrituta!

Astelehena sits

Gaurko sits SE Arizona eta Mexiko espezie eder eta arraroa da: Lerina jasotako (Erebidae: Arctiinae). Like many other day flying species it is brilliantly colored and quite likely aposematic. After all, ostalari landare milkweed bat da, eta beldarra da bezain harrigarri (azpitik).

Lerina jasotako (Erebidae: Arctiinae)

 

This . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Astelehena sits

New guztiak, Erasoa Moths!

Hiri kondairak nagusitasun, gure aurpegiak sartu intsektuak lo bitartean arakatzeko inplikatzen da dirudienez. The most famous myth is something along the lines of “jan 8 armiarmak urtean, berriz, lo“. Actually when you google that the number ranges from 4 8… gehienez . . . → Gehiago irakurri: New guztiak, Erasoa Moths!

Bug sexuaren mundu oso ozen

Micronecta Scholtz

Europako landa mendietan bizirik dira maitasun koru, Garrasi, gizonezkoen uretako bugs. Goiko intsektu txikia, Micronecta Scholtz (Corixidae), neurriak ekoizten whopping 2.3mm eta oraindik egin klik / soinu buzzing erraz entzuteko ur-azalera gainean belarrian giza. To put that in . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Bug sexuaren mundu oso ozen

Astelehena sits

Baloia serie honekin errodadura mantentzeko eta erregular gehiago egiten saiatu naiz. I will also focus on highlighting a new species each week from the massive collections here at the California Academy of Sciences. This should give me enough material for… gutxienez, batzuk ehun urte.

Grammia . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Astelehena sits

Fire on Arizona

Maps / euspen % eguneratu: 16 June

Uztailaren hurbiltzen ari Pacific Coast Lepidopterists, bilera aurrera begiratu nahi dut’ Gizartea. This year it will take place in Prescott Arizona, buruz 2 ordu Phoenix iparraldean. And as of this moment it is one of the few places in Arizona not on fire. . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Fire on Arizona

Hartu duten, ornodun!

Pixka bat ezagutzen dut kakalardo eta inverts beste batzuetan beren menu ornodun, baina ez dakit nola handi subdue animalia bat izan dute! Even when the odd mantis grabs a hummingbird the size difference is not as substantial as is shown below. This impressive video was . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Hartu duten, ornodun!

Astelehena sits

Whoops, it’s almost Tuesday! Above is Schinia ligeae (Noctuidae) resting on its host plant Xylorhiza tortifolia, the Mojave Aster. I photographed this about three weeks ago outside the town of Big Pine, California. The asters were thick in the valleys below the snow capped Sierra, and the moths were abundant. . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Astelehena sits

Prentsaren jenioa XVIII

 

Who can tell me what’s wrong below? Not only is it the obvious photo problem, but the author of the article takes some logical leaps to support his premise. Who can tell me what his logical fallacies are? I won’t link to the entire article quite yet because a well known Lepidopterist has already . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Prentsaren jenioa XVIII