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Schinia villosa
This Monday’s moth is a duo of Schinia villosa (Noctuidae) resting on what I am assuming is their host plant (Erigeron sp.). I snapped this shot around 9,000 feet up on the Kaibab plateau in Northern Arizona last month. A fire must have burned the area a few years ago . . . → Läs mer: Måndag mal Dela detta! En kommentar - (Kommentarer är stängda)  Entomologi  Arizona, Entomologi, Blommor, Lepidoptera, Nattfjärilar, Fotografi This GOP is less of a challenge and more of a simple roundup of miserable stock photography. Alex Wild and others have long ago pointed out the massive failings of many stock photo sites – but here is a brief and painful lep roundup using Google. Step 1: Image search “moth on flower”. Step 2: . . . → Läs mer: Genius of the Press XX Dela detta! 5 kommentarer - (Kommentarer är stängda) Entomologi Dålig vetenskap, Fjärilar, Tävling, Entomologi, Blommor, Lepidoptera, Media
Hoppsan, det är snart tisdag! Above is Schinia ligeae (Noctuidae) resting on its host plant Xylorhiza tortifolia, the Mojave Aster. I photographed this about three weeks ago outside the town of Big Pine, Kalifornien. Astrarna var tjocka i dalarna nedanför den snötäckta Sierra, och nattfjärilarna var många. . . . → Läs mer: Måndag mal Dela detta! 2 kommentarer - (Kommentarer är stängda) Entomologi Samla, Entomologi, Blommor, Lepidoptera, Nattfjärilar, Fotografi For the last four weekends now I have been on a goose chase, for one moth, Heliolonche celeris. It’s a beautiful small Noctuidae with pinkish forewings and stunning orange-red hindwings. It isn’t very often encountered and only found along the northern California mountain ranges feeding on Malacothrix floccifera – a CA endemic flower. Every trip . . . → Läs mer: The Art of a Goose Chase Dela detta! 10 kommentarer - (Kommentarer är stängda) Entomologi Entomologi, Blommor, Risker för att samla, Lepidoptera, Nattfjärilar, Non-Insekter A few images from my weekend mothing trip down to Shell Creek, San Luis Obispo County. Early spring along the central coast is stunning, and the back roads were packed with flower watchers. There were dozens of cars occupied by families out for a weekend drive, many had packed lunches and sat to watch the . . . → Läs mer: Floder av Guld Dela detta! |
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