Mecoptera Sjeverne Amerike

Merope gomolj

New to the web this week is an excellent resource on the Mecoptera of North America. Dr.. Norm Penny sastavila je ilustrirani vodič za sve sjevernoameričke vrste sa slikama habitusa i genitalija. Iako nije jako raznolika, the Mecoptera prove to be an enigmatic and fascinating . . . → Opširnije: Mecoptera Sjeverne Amerike

Blue Oak Ranch Reserve

A few weeks ago I was invited to join a Berkeley entomology class out in the field for the weekend. Our destination was the Blue Oak Ranch Reserve; one of the newest reserves to the University of California system located just outside of San Jose on Mount Hamilton (map below). It was a . . . → Opširnije: Blue Oak Ranch Reserve

Mystery Revelaed

u redu – a few apologies for not having full images *yet* of the larvae in question (I will in a few days!). Over the weekend I was out with a group of Berkeley students on Mount Hamilton and PhD candidate Meghan Culpepper collected a few species of Scaphinotus and a some larvae! So the specimen . . . → Opširnije: Mystery Revelaed

Monday mystery

 

Came across this guy while out in the field the other day, what’s going on here? Points awarded for Order/Family/Genusbut even experts in this group can’t figure out the species quite yet.

 

(everyone in the field with me should hold . . . → Opširnije: Monday mystery

Flies can be (Stvarno) cool

Lasia klettii: Photos by April Nobile, CAS

For the most part flies are not an insect I get overly excited about. Ipak, the enigmatic family Acroceridae are the exception. I’ll start sharing some interesting genera from time to timethe morphology of the family is amazingly diverse. Most of my days . . . → Opširnije: Flies can be (Stvarno) cool

Genius of the Press XVII

Usually I come across horrible entomology articles regularly enough that I save a backlog for future series. This hasn’t been the case over the last few weeks, I haven’t come across the normal array of terrible media crud. Maybe I just get jaded and stop looking as carefullybut this week I even came . . . → Opširnije: Genius of the Press XVII

The Moth is off to Catalina

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Tomorrow morning I’m off for a 10 day collecting trip down to Catalina Island. I’ve been lucky enough to be invited to join Dr. Jerry Powell of UC Berkeley on a moth survey, and this will be my first time to any of the islands. . . . → Opširnije: The Moth is off to Catalina

Najsitnijih moljaca

Obitelj Nepticulidae držite neke od najmanjih moljaca poznatih, u rasponu od 3-8mm krila vrha do vrha krila. Za usporedbu sam snimio dva moljce gore: najveći poznati – Coscinocera Hercules koji Savjeti vage na gotovo 9 inča, a jedan od najmanjih (Da da maleni malo mrlja . . . → Opširnije: Najsitnijih moljaca

A Year in Review

ups, looks like I missed my first ‘blogoversary’! Monday the 21st was the one year turning point for my blog; and I’m incredibly happy to have spent the last year sharing some of my ramblings with all of you. I’ve somewhat lost track of how many hits I’ve had since I moved everything . . . → Opširnije: A Year in Review

Genius tiska XVI

Softball za ovaj GOP izazov. Za ovu sliku brine Victoria Advocate (TX papir) – with a poorly written article about butterflies. Ovaj promašaj slike je prilično jednostavan, ali za dodatne bodove tko mi može reći što je još netočno u tekstu?

 

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