For this Monday’s Moth I thought I’d post a brief tutorial on how to accurately determine the sex of moths. While there are lots of examples of sexually dimorphic species (where males and females are obviously different), the vast majority of moths are not. Saturniidae make our lives easy by having strikingly different antennae between . . . → Read More: How to Sex a Moth
 One comment - (Comments are closed)  Entomology  Entomology, Female, Genitalia, Lepidoptera, Male, Monday Moth, Moths, Sex, Sexing, Sexually Dimorphic, Techniques How about another unidentified Gelechiidae from the same location as the previous specimen (nr. Prescott Arizona). I’m taking a stab at this moth being in the genus Chionodes – and it is superficially similar to the species C. continuella. Thankfully there is a monograph of this group (Moths of America North of Mexico, fascicle 7.6) . . . → Read More: Monday Moth Share this! 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Entomology Arizona, Entomology, Gelechiidae, Genitalia, Lepidoptera, Monday Moth, Moths, Unidentified Micronecta scholtzi The hills of the European countryside are alive in the chorus of amorous, screaming, male aquatic bugs. The little insect above, Micronecta scholtzi (Corixidae), measures in at a whopping 2.3mm and yet produces a clicking/buzzing sound easily audible to the human ear above the water surface. To put that in . . . → Read More: The incredibly loud world of bug sex Share this! 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Entomology Bugs, Entomology, Genitalia, Hemiptera, Mating, Research Blogging, Sound Production |
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