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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 . . . → Citeste mai mult: Mecoptera of North America Trimiteți acest! 4 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise)  Entomologie  Academia de Științe din California, Entomologie, Identificare, Mecoptera 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 . . . → Citeste mai mult: Rezervația Blue Oak Ranch Trimiteți acest! Comentariile sunt închise Entomologie Gandaci, Berkeley, Entomologie, Molii, Fotografie, Păianjenii, University of California Bine – 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 . . . → Citeste mai mult: Mystery Revelaed Trimiteți acest! Un comentariu - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie Gandaci, Coleoptera, Concurs, Entomologie, Scaphinotus, Snail, Specie
A venit peste acest tip în timp ce în domeniul ieri, ce se petrece aici? Punctele acordate pentru Ordinul / Familie / Genus – dar chiar și experți în acest grup nu pot da seama specia destul de încă.
(everyone in the field with me should hold . . . → Citeste mai mult: Luni mister Trimiteți acest!Lasia klettii: Photos by April Nobile, CAS For the most part flies are not an insect I get overly excited about. Cu toate acestea, the enigmatic family Acroceridae are the exception. I’ll start sharing some interesting genera from time to time – the morphology of the family is amazingly diverse. Most of my days . . . → Citeste mai mult: Zboară poate fi (într-adevăr) rece Trimiteți acest! 9 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie Acroceridae, Diptera, Entomologie, Zboară, Muzee, Specii noi, Păianjenii 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 carefully – but this week I even came . . . → Citeste mai mult: Genius de presă XVII Trimiteți acest! 5 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie Concurs, Entomologie, LBAM, Mass-media, Molii [cetsEmbedGmap src=http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.393039,-118.416824&spn=0.359452,0.715485&t=h&z=11 width=600 height=330 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 frameborder=0 scrolling=auto] 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. . . . → Citeste mai mult: Molie este oprit la Catalina Trimiteți acest! Comentariile sunt închise Entomologie, Diverse Catalina, Channel Islands, Colectare, Entomologie, Fotografie
Familia Nepticulidae deține unele dintre cele mai mici molii cunoscute, variind de la 3-8mm aripa-vârful la aripa-tip. Pentru o comparație am imagisticii două molii de mai sus: cea mai cunoscuta – Coscinocera hercules that tips the scales at nearly 9 inch, și unul dintre cele mai mici (yes that tiny little speck . . . → Citeste mai mult: Cele mai mici de molii Trimiteți acest! 7 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie Entomologie, lepidoptere, microlepidoptera, Molii, Nepticulidae, Specii noi, Paleontologie, Dăunători Hopa, 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 . . . → Citeste mai mult: Un an în revizuire Trimiteți acest! Comentariile sunt închise Diverse Blogoversary, Entomologie, Molii, Specii noi, Fotografie, Scepticism A softball for this GOP challenge. This image comes care of the Victoria Advocate (TX paper) – with a poorly written article about butterflies. This image flop is pretty easy, but for extra points who can tell me what else is incorrect in the text?
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