By Chris Grinter, nyob rau lub Xya hli ntuj paub, 2011% Kuv mam khaws lub npas dov nrog Arctiinae thiab tswg ib Diam duab hnub no rau Ctenucha brunnea. No npauj yuav muaj tshwm sim nyob hauv siab grasses raws ntug hiav txwv dej ntawm San Francisco rau LA – Txawm tias yuav tau nyob ntev xyoo lawm cov zauv muaj no npauj muaj tsawg nrog tej vaj tse puas tsuaj thiab muaj qhov ntxeem tau puam iab (Ammophila arenaria). Tab sis npog . . . → Nyeem ntxiv: Monday npauj
By Chris Grinter, rau July 12th, 2011% Zoo li koj yuav tau guessed qhov kawm tsis shocking li thaum kuv npe qhia, tab sis kuv pab tsis tau tab sis yuav saws los ntawm tus neeg saib xyuas tsab xov xwm. Kuv yeej paub nws lom zem heev thaum kuv tuaj nyob rau txhua yam uas hais tias zaum no “astounded”, “baffled”, “tom”, “puzzled”, – Kuv twv ntawd yog lub hauv paus lus rau lwm lub sij hawm… Cuaj kaum ib . . . → Nyeem ntxiv: Curators Astounded!
By Chris Grinter, rau lub Xya hli ntuj 11th, 2011% Npauj hnub no nws yog ib tug zoo nkauj thiab tsis tshua muaj hom SE Arizona thiab Mexico: Lerina incarnata (Erebidae: Arctiinae). Zoo li ntau lwm hnub ya hom yog brilliantly dawb lias thiab zaum aposematic. thaum kawg no, tus tswv tsev cog ib cov milkweed thiab cov kab ntsig xwb li stunning (hauv qab).
Lerina incarnata (Erebidae: Arctiinae)
Qhov no . . . → Nyeem ntxiv: Monday npauj
By Chris Grinter, nyob rau lub Xya hli ntuj sis thib 5 ntawd, 2011%
No mas, xws li yog ib tug yuav tsum ntawm nroog legends uas raus cov kab nkag mus rau hauv peb ib sab hos peb pw. Tswvyim hais ua dabneeg nto moo tshaj plaws yog ib yam dab tsi txog cov kab kev “koj noj 8 kab laug sab. ib xyoo thaum nws tsaug zog“. Ua tau thaum koj google uas cov kabmob los ntawm 4 rau 8… mus txog . . . → Nyeem ntxiv: Cov tshiab, Nres npaub!
By Chris Grinter, nyob rau lub rau hli 30, 2011%
Micronecta scholtzi
Toj uas nyob sab Europe tus countryside uas ciaj sia nyob rau hauv cov paab chorus tseem muaj amorous, screaming, txiv neej tsum yoov. Tus kab me ntsis saum toj no, Micronecta scholtzi (Corixidae), ntsuas hauv 2.3 ib hli whopping thiab tsis tau ua ib tug txhaj/buzzing suab audible yooj yim rau cov pej xeem pob ntseg saum cov dej nto. To put that in . . . → Nyeem ntxiv: Lub ntiaj teb nrov incredibly txog kab kev pw ua ke
By Chris Grinter, nyob rau lub rau hli ntuj 20th, 2011% Kuv yuav khaws lub npas dov nrog no series thiab kom nws mus dua. Kuv yuav tau siab rau highlighting ib hom kab tshiab txhua lub limtiam ntawm lub loj heev collections no nyob rau California Academy of Sciences. Qhov no yuav tsum tau muab rau kuv txaus cov khoom rau… puas tsawg ob peb xyoos.
Grammia . . . → Nyeem ntxiv: Monday npauj
By Chris Grinter, nyob rau lub rau hli ntuj mus. VIII, 2011% Maps/containment % tshiab: 16 Lub rau hli ntuj
Thaum lub Xya hli ntuj txuas kuv tau mus tos ntsoov rau lub rooj sab laj cov ntug dej hiav txwv Pacific rau lub Lepidopterists’ Haiv neeg. Xyoo no nws yuav muab qhov chaw nyob hauv Prescott Arizona, hais txog 2 sij hawm north Phoenix. Thiab as of rau cov caij no nws yog ib qhov ob peb qhov chaw nyob Arizona tsis rau hluav taws. . . . → Nyeem ntxiv: Arizona rau hluav taws
By Chris Grinter, nyob rau lub rau hli ntuj 7, 2011%
Kuv twb paub tias ib pliag tias kab thiab lwm yam inverts tej zaum muaj vertebrates rau lawv cov ntawv qhia zaub mov, tab sis kuv ho tsis tshua paub ntau npaum li cas ntawm tus tsiaj ntawd lawv yuav kov yeej! Txawm tias thaum twg lub ntsuas khib grabs ib tug noog ziag rau qhov sib txawv me me no tsis yog kev li thaum yog muaj li nram qab no. Yog no impressive kev yees duab . . . → Nyeem ntxiv: Noj ntawd, vertebrates!
By Chris Grinter, rau ntuj 30, 2011%
Whoops, Nws yog yuav luag ib hnub! Saum toj noj yog Schinia ligeae (Noctuidae) so rau cov tswv tsev cog Xylorhiza tortifolia, lub Mojave Aster. Kuv yees duab no li peb lub lis piam dhau los sab nraum lub zos uas loj loj ntoo thuv, California. Lub asters nyob tuab nyob rau nram hav hauv qab npu capped Sierra, thiab muaj ntau lub npaub. . . . → Nyeem ntxiv: Monday npauj
By Chris Grinter, nyob rau tej qib 7, 2011%
Leej twg thiaj paub kuv yog dab tsi lawm hauv qab no? Tsis tsuas yog teeb meem cuab kev yees duab, tiam sis tus sau tsab xov xwm yuav siv ib co leaps zajlus kom txhawb nws premise. Leej twg tau qhia kuv nws cov zajlus kom fallacies no zoo li cas? Kuv yuav tsis txuas rau tag nrho tsab xov xwm tau heev vim tus Lepidopterist uas koj paub zoo tias twb muaj . . . → Nyeem ntxiv: Ntse heev ntawm qhov xovxwm XVIII
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