Oleh Chris Grinter, pada 18 Julai, 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). Tetapi . . . → Baca Lebih: Isnin rama-rama
Oleh Chris Grinter, pada 12 Julai, 2011% Baik kerana anda mungkin telah meneka subjek tidak begitu mengejutkan kerana saya judulnya, tetapi saya tidak dapat membantu tetapi untuk berputar dari artikel Guardian. Saya benar-benar merasa lucu apabila saya mencari sesuatu yang mengatakan saintis “terkejut”, “bingung”, “terkejut”, “bingung”, – Saya rasa itu adalah satu topik untuk satu masa yang lain… Namun demikian yang . . . → Baca Lebih: Kurator Terkejut!
Oleh 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 (di bawah).
Lerina incarnata (Erebidae: Arctiinae)
ini . . . → Baca Lebih: Isnin rama-rama
Oleh Chris Grinter, pada 5 Juli, 2011%
Nampaknya terdapat banyak legenda bandar yang melibatkan serangga yang merayap ke muka kita semasa kita tidur. Mitos yang paling terkenal adalah sesuatu sepanjang garis “awak makan 8 labah-labah setahun semasa tidur“. Sebenarnya apabila anda google bahawa nombor itu berkisar dari 4 ke 8… sehingga . . . → Baca Lebih: Semua baru, Serangga Serangga!
Oleh Chris Grinter, on June 30th, 2011%
Micronecta scholtzi
Bukit di kawasan luar bandar Eropah hidup dalam paduan suara asmara, menjerit, pepijat akuatik jantan. Serangga kecil di atas, 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 . . . → Baca Lebih: Dunia seks pepijat yang sangat kuat
Oleh Chris Grinter, on June 20th, 2011% I’m going to keep the ball rolling with this series and try to make it more regular. 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… at least a few hundred years.
Grammia . . . → Baca Lebih: Isnin rama-rama
Oleh Chris Grinter, pada 14 Jun, 2011% Peta / pembendungan % dikemaskini: 16 Jun
Sebagai Julai menghampiri saya kerana untuk mengharapkan mesyuarat Pacific Coast daripada Lepidopterists’ Persatuan. Tahun ini ia akan mengambil tempat di Prescott Arizona, kira-kira 2 jam utara Phoenix. Dan pada masa ini ia adalah salah satu daripada beberapa tempat di Arizona tidak terbakar. . . . → Baca Lebih: Arizona pada Kebakaran
Oleh 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 . . . → Baca Lebih: Ambil yang, vertebrata!
Oleh Chris Grinter, on May 30th, 2011%
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. . . . → Baca Lebih: Isnin rama-rama
Oleh 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 . . . → Baca Lebih: Genius of the Press XVIII
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