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 . . . → Devamı: Mecoptera of North America

Blue Oak Ranch Rezervi

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 . . . → Devamı: Blue Oak Ranch Rezervi

Gizem revelaed

Tamam – 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 . . . → Devamı: Gizem revelaed

Pazartesi gizem

 

Ederken, diğer gün sahadayken bu adam geldi, Burada neler oluyor? Sipariş / Aile / Genus için puanla ödüllendirildi – ama bu grupta bile uzmanlar oldukça henüz türlerin çözemiyorum.

 

(Benimle alanında herkesin tutmak gerekir . . . → Devamı: Pazartesi gizem

Sinekler olabilir (gerçekten) serin

Cam klettii: Nisan Nobile fotoğrafları, DURUM

Çoğunlukla sinekler bir böcek değil ben hakkında aşırı heyecanlı olsun. Ancak, esrarengiz aile Acroceridae istisna. Ben zaman zaman bazı ilginç cins paylaşımı başlayacağız – Ailenin morfolojisi inanılmaz çeşitlidir. Most of my days . . . → Devamı: Sinekler olabilir (gerçekten) serin

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 . . . → Devamı: 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. . . . → Devamı: The Moth is off to Catalina

güvelerin en küçüğü

Nepticulidae ailesi bilinen en küçük güvelerden bazılarını barındırır., 3-8 mm kanat ucundan kanat ucuna kadar değişen. Karşılaştırma için yukarıda iki güve görüntüledim: bilinen en büyük – Coscinocera hercules that tips the scales at nearly 9 inç, ve en küçüklerinden biri (yes that tiny little speck . . . → Devamı: güvelerin en küçüğü

İncelemede Bir Yıl

ayy, 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 . . . → Devamı: İncelemede Bir Yıl

Basın XVI Genius

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?

 

. . . → Devamı: Basın XVI Genius