Mecoptera of North America

Merope tuber

New to the web this week is an excellent resource on the Mecoptera of North America. Dr. Norm Penny has put together an illustrated guide to all the North American species with habitus and genitalia images. While not very diverse, the Mecoptera prove to be an enigmatic and fascinating . . . → Baca Lebih: Mecoptera of North America

Blue Oak Ranch Rizab

Beberapa minggu yang lalu, saya telah dijemput untuk menyertai kelas entomologi Berkeley di lapangan untuk hujung minggu. Our destination was the Blue Oak Ranch Reserve; salah satu cadangan terbaru ke Universiti California sistem yang terletak hanya di luar San Jose di Gunung Hamilton (peta di bawah). It was a . . . → Baca Lebih: Blue Oak Ranch Rizab

Misteri Revelaed

okey – 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 . . . → Baca Lebih: Misteri 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 . . . → Baca Lebih: Monday mystery

Flies can be (benar-benar) cool

Lasia klettii: Photos by April Nobile, CAS

For the most part flies are not an insect I get overly excited about. Walau bagaimanapun, 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 . . . → Baca Lebih: Flies can be (benar-benar) cool

Genius daripada Tekan XVII

Biasanya saya mencari artikel entomologi dahsyat kerap cukup bahawa saya menyimpan tunggakan bagi siri masa depan. Ini tidak berlaku sejak beberapa minggu lepas, Saya tidak telah mencari pelbagai biasa dahsyat media Makanan Tak. Mungkin saya hanya mendapat letih dan berhenti mencari sebagai berhati-hati – tetapi minggu ini saya walaupun datang . . . → Baca Lebih: Genius daripada Tekan XVII

The Moth pergi ke 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. . . . → Baca Lebih: The Moth pergi ke Catalina

The tiniest of moths

The family Nepticulidae hold some of the smallest moths known, ranging from 3-8mm wing-tip to wing-tip. For a comparison I have imaged two moths above: the largest knownCoscinocera hercules that tips the scales at nearly 9 inches, and one of the smallest (yes that tiny little speck . . . → Baca Lebih: The tiniest of moths

Kajian Setahun

Oops, 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 . . . → Baca Lebih: Kajian Setahun

Genius Akhbar XVI

Sebuah bola lisut untuk cabaran GOP ini. Imej ini berasal mengurus Peguambela Victoria yang (Kertas TX) – dengan artikel yang ditulis dengan buruk tentang rama-rama. Ini flop gambar sangat mudah, tetapi untuk mata tambahan yang boleh beritahu saya apa lagi yang tidak betul di dalam teks?

 

. . . → Baca Lebih: Genius Akhbar XVI