Di Chris Grinter, il 1 ° agosto, 2011% Chiricahua multidentati (Geometridi)
Falena di questo Lunedi è una specie spettacolare delle montagne dell'Arizona – Chiricahua multidentati, un Geometrid. La posizione unica conosciuta per questa specie è in cima delle montagne Chiricahua di cui sopra 9,000 piedi (che è stato appena bruned per un croccante). Hopefully the fire was not . . . → Per saperne di più: Lunedi Moth
Di Chris Grinter, on July 18th, 2011% I’ll keep the ball rolling with Arctiinae and post a photo today of Ctenucha brunnea. This moth can be common in tall grasses along beaches from San Francisco to LA – although in recent decades the numbers of this moth have been declining with habitat destruction and the invasion of beach grass (Ammophila arenaria). Ma . . . → Per saperne di più: Lunedi Moth
Di Chris Grinter, on July 12th, 2011% Well as you may have guessed the subject isn’t as shocking as my title suggests, but I couldn’t help but to spin from the Guardian article. I really find it hilarious when I come across anything that says scientists are “astounded”, “baffled”, “shocked”, “puzzled”, – I guess that’s a topic for another time… Nevertheless a . . . → Per saperne di più: Curators Astounded!
Di Chris Grinter, on July 11th, 2011% Today’s moth is a beautiful and rare species from SE Arizona and Mexico: Lerina incarnata (Erebidae: Arctiinae). Like many other day flying species it is brilliantly colored and quite likely aposematic. After all, the host plant is a milkweed and the caterpillar is just as stunning (sotto).
Lerina incarnata (Erebidae: Arctiinae)
This . . . → Per saperne di più: Lunedi Moth
Di Chris Grinter, on June 20th, 2011% I’m going to keep the ball rolling with this series and try to make it more regular. I will also focus on highlighting a new species each week from the massive collections here at the California Academy of Sciences. This should give me enough material for… at least a few hundred years.
Grammia . . . → Per saperne di più: Lunedi Moth
Di Chris Grinter, on June 15th, 2011% Map/% updated June 20, 6pm.
Updates to the maps and containment percentages have been made to my earlier post. Here is a map of the 4th fire burning in SE Arizona, the Monument fire. This one is only 10% 17% 15% 27% contained and is burning in the southern end of the Huachuca Mountains . . . → Per saperne di più: Arizona followup
Di Chris Grinter, on May 30th, 2011%
Whoops, it’s almost Tuesday! 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, California. The asters were thick in the valleys below the snow capped Sierra, and the moths were abundant. . . . → Per saperne di più: Lunedi Moth
Di Chris Grinter, il 2 maggio, 2011%
Maschio – Marin Headlands
Come tanti altri animali urbani, la Mission Blue Butterfly (Plebejus icarioides missionensis) è uno che è gravemente in pericolo. Questo piccolo blu vive in minuscoli frammenti di habitat insieme a uno sviluppo multimilionario all'interno e intorno alla baia di San Francisco. Un secolo fa questa farfalla . . . → Per saperne di più: La missione Blue Butterfly
Di Chris Grinter, on April 24th, 2011%
Everyone is familiar with the famous death’s head hawkmoth, but I think it’s a shame we have popularized such a grim character. Above is a much more cheery Neotropical Arctiinae from French Guiana that looks like it’s sporting a clown face. Sadly this isn’t my photograph, ma . . . → Per saperne di più: Domenica Moth
Di Chris Grinter, il 1 ° marzo, 2011%
La famiglia Nepticulidae tenere alcune delle falene più piccole conosciute, che vanno da 3-8mm wing-tip a wing-tip. Per un confronto che ho ripreso due falene sopra: il più grande conosciuto – Hercules Coscinocera che punta le scale a quasi 9 pollici, e uno dei più piccoli (sì che minuscolo granello . . . → Per saperne di più: Il più piccolo di falene
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