Chris Grinter, július 18-án, 2011% 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 LA – although in recent decades the numbers of this moth have been declining with habitat destruction and the invasion of beach grass (Ammophila arenaria). De . . . → Tovább: Hétfő Moth
Chris Grinter, július 12-én, 2011% Nos, ahogy sejtheti, a téma nem olyan sokkoló, mint a címem sugallja, de nem tudtam nem pörgetni a Guardian cikkéből. Nagyon mulatságosnak tartom, amikor bármivel találkozom, amiről azt mondják, hogy a tudósok azok “elképedve”, “értetlenül”, “döbbent”, “zavart”, – Azt hiszem, ez egy másik téma… Ennek ellenére a . . . → Tovább: A kurátorok elképedtek!
Chris Grinter, on July 11th, 2011% Today’s moth is a beautiful and rare species from SE Arizona and Mexico: Lerina incarnata (Erebidae: Arctiinae). Like many other day flying species it is brilliantly colored and quite likely aposematic. After all, the host plant is a milkweed and the caterpillar is just as stunning (alatt).
Lerina incarnata (Erebidae: Arctiinae)
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Chris Grinter, on July 5th, 2011%
It seems like there is a preponderance of urban legends that involve insects crawling into our faces while we sleep. The most famous myth is something along the lines of “you eat 8 spiders a year while sleeping“. Actually when you google that the number ranges from 4 to 8… up to . . . → Tovább: All New, Attack Moths!
Chris Grinter, on June 30th, 2011%
Micronecta scholtzi
The hills of the European countryside are alive in the chorus of amorous, screaming, male aquatic bugs. The little insect above, Micronecta scholtzi (Corixidae), measures in at a whopping 2.3mm and yet produces a clicking/buzzing sound easily audible to the human ear above the water surface. To put that in . . . → Tovább: The incredibly loud world of bug sex
Chris Grinter, június 20-án, 2011% Folyamatosan gurulok ezzel a sorozattal és megpróbálom rendszeresebbé tenni. Arra is összpontosítok, hogy minden héten új fajokat emeljek ki a kaliforniai Tudományos Akadémia hatalmas gyűjteményeiből. Ennek elegendő anyagot kell adnom… legalább néhány száz év.
Grammia . . . → Tovább: Hétfő Moth
Chris Grinter, június 14-én, 2011% Térképek / elhatárolás % korszerűsített: 16 Június
Mivel július közelíti azt, hogy várom, hogy a csendes-óceáni partvidék ülésén a lepkészeknek’ Társadalom. Ebben az évben kerül sor Prescott Arizona, körülbelül 2 óra északra Phoenix. És ebben a pillanatban ez az egyik azon kevés helyeknek Arizona nem a tűz. . . . → Tovább: Arizona on Fire
Chris Grinter, on June 7th, 2011%
I’ve known for a while that beetles and other inverts occasionally have vertebrates on their menu, but I didn’t really know how large of an animal they could subdue! Even when the odd mantis grabs a hummingbird the size difference is not as substantial as is shown below. This impressive video was . . . → Tovább: Take that, vertebrates!
Chris Grinter, on May 30th, 2011%
Hoppá, 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, Kalifornia. The asters were thick in the valleys below the snow capped Sierra, and the moths were abundant. . . . → Tovább: Hétfő Moth
Chris Grinter, on May 7th, 2011%
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 . . . → Tovább: Genius of the Press XVIII
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