Mecoptera Severne Amerike

gomolj merope

New to the web this week is an excellent resource on the Mecoptera of North America. Dr.. Norm Penny je sestavil ilustriran vodnik po vseh severnoameriških vrstah s podobami habitusa in genitalij. Čeprav ni zelo raznolika, the Mecoptera prove to be an enigmatic and fascinating . . . → Preberite več: Mecoptera Severne Amerike

Modra Hrast Ranch Reserve

Pred nekaj tedni sem bil povabljen, da se pridružijo Berkeley entomologijo razred v polju za vikend. Naš cilj je bil Blue Oak Ranch Reserve; ena od najnovejših rezerv v sistemu Univerze v Kaliforniji, ki se nahajajo tik izven San Jose na gori Hamilton (zemljevid spodaj). Bil je . . . → Preberite več: Modra Hrast Ranch Reserve

Mystery Revelaed

v 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 . . . → Preberite več: 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 . . . → Preberite več: Monday mystery

Flies can be (res) cool

Lasia klettii: Photos by April Nobile, CAS

For the most part flies are not an insect I get overly excited about. Vendar, 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 . . . → Preberite več: Flies can be (res) 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 . . . → Preberite več: Genius of the Press XVII

Moth je off Catalina

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Jutri zjutraj grem za 10 dan zbiranja potovanje navzdol na otoku Catalina. Bil sem srečo, da so povabljeni, da se pridružijo dr. Jerry Powell UC Berkeley na raziskavi moljev, in to bo moj prvič kateremkoli izmed otokov. . . . → Preberite več: Moth je off Catalina

Najmanjših moljev

Družina Nepticulidae imajo nekatere najmanjše moljev znanih, segajo od 3-8mm krilnih konico krilnih konico. Za primerjavo sem posnel dve vešče zgoraj: največja znana – Coscinocera hercules that tips the scales at nearly 9 palcev, in eden najmanjših (yes that tiny little speck . . . → Preberite več: Najmanjših moljev

Leto v pregled

Ups, Izgleda, da sem zamudil svoj prvi "blogoversary"! Ponedeljek 21. je bil eno leto prelomno za moj blog; in sem zelo vesel, da je preživel zadnje leto delitev nekaj mojih blodnje z vsemi vami. Sem nekoliko izgubil občutek, koliko zadetkov imam, odkar sem se preselil vse . . . → Preberite več: Leto v pregled

Genius tiskovnega XVI

Softball te GOP izziv. Ta slika prihaja skrb za Victoria pravobranilca (TX papir) – with a poorly written article about butterflies. Ta slika flop je zelo enostavno, ampak za dodatne točke, ki mi lahko pove, kaj je napačna v besedilu?

 

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