Door Chris Grinter, on September 19th, 2011% [youtube kZyIN23Cy4Y 480 360]
The microscopic insect world is a very different one from ours and we rarely are given glimpses into it. Thanks in part to the impressive Phantom camera system and the Flight Artists project researchers have filmed the minute (1mm!) Trichogramma wasp (Chalcidoidea) in flight. These insects are . . . → Lees meer: The Soaring Microcosmos
Door Chris Grinter, on September 19th, 2011% Trosia nigrorufa (Megalopygidae)
This Monday moth is a stunning female of the Neotropical Megalopygidae – Trosia nigrorufa. Ed Ross and Ev Schlinger collected this specimen in Peru in 1955, and I’ve heard many stories about these epic expeditions. I can’t really imagine travelling via cargo ship, being gone for six or more . . . → Lees meer: Maandag Moth
Door Chris Grinter, on September 12th, 2011% Oops, I skipped last monday’s moth, so here are two! These are some stunners from the CAS Philippines expedition and I think I have figured out their names. If you know better, please correct me.
Parasa darma (Limacodidae)
Parotis marginata (Crambidae)
. . . → Lees meer: Maandag Moth
Door Chris Grinter, on August 29th, 2011% 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 . . . → Lees meer: Maandag Moth
Door Chris Grinter, on August 24th, 2011% A month ago or so the California Academy of Sciences launched a full fledged expedition to the Philippines. While the majority of the cash was spent on a clipper ship and dive teams, there was a terrestrial component. While I didn’t get to go (and sat at home and pouted), I did talk some of . . . → Lees meer: Insects of the Philippines I
Door Chris Grinter, on August 22nd, 2011% Last week Jim Hayden guessed the moth I posted was an Australian Oecophoridae. It was a good guess because there are so many large and stunning moths in this family from Australia. One of the best has to be this one, Wingia lambertella (Oecophoridae), captured on Black Mountain in Canberra October 23, 1955 (CAS collections). . . . → Lees meer: Maandag Moth
Door Chris Grinter, op 19 augustus, 2011% Dit GOP is minder van een uitdaging en meer van een eenvoudige roundup van ellendige stock photography. Alex Wilde en anderen hebben lang geleden gewezen op de enorme tekortkomingen van veel voorraad fotosites – maar hier is een korte en pijnlijke lep roundup met behulp van Google.
Stap 1: Image search “mot op bloem”.
Stap 2: . . . → Lees meer: Genie van de Pers XX
Door Chris Grinter, op 11 augustus, 2011% Hier is nog een prachtige video van Warren! Ik veronderstel dat dit een Choreutidae vanwege de manier waarop de vleugels worden gehouden tijdens het dansen – maar het is te snel om echt een duidelijke blik. Gezien het feit dat het van een fauna Ik ben helemaal onbekend met ik gemakkelijk kan verkeerd zijn – so please correct me . . . → Lees meer: Dansende mot
Door Chris Grinter, op 10 augustus, 2011% Vers van de pers, de Miami Blue Butterfly (MBB) wordt nu weergegeven als federaal bedreigd door de handeling van een noodvoorziening. Hoezo! (rechts?)
Miami Blue Butterfly uit Butterflies van Amerika
Mijn eerste gedachte was “wachten, was dit nog niet in gevaar?”. Ja, blijkt de MBB is state-bedreigde sinds 2002 after a previous emergency . . . → Lees meer: NABA Turns Fish and Wildlife in Hersenloos Zombies
Door Chris Grinter, on August 8th, 2011%
This week’s moth is a video of a dancing micro from the Philippines (taken by Warren Laurde). As you might suspect this is a mating display that ends in a pretty spectacular headstand. There are lots of other microleps that have dancing or display behavior, but there are almost no other videos online . . . → Lees meer: Maandag Moth
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