Lune Moth

Chiricahua multidentata (Geometrinae)

This Monday’s moth is a spectacular species from the mountains of ArizonaChiricahua multidentata, a Geometrid. The only known location for this species is at the very top of the Chiricahua mountains above 9,000 feet (which was just bruned to a crisp). Hopefully the fire was not . . . → Lege plus: Lune Moth

Lune Moth

Peius 'volventes pila et post a photo cum Arctiinae hodie Ctenucha brunnea. Hoc tinea potest esse commune in via procera gramina beaches a San Francisco LA – licet in his decennis velut a tinea huius numeri sunt declinando habitat in interitum, et in litore herbam incursio (Ammophila Arenaria). Autem . . . → Lege plus: Lune Moth

Dum stupet curatores!

Quod non tam foeda, ut quia de titulo conieci suggerit, trahere potui quin articulus a Custos. Ego vere reperio hilares offendisti, cum dicit quod scientiarum “stupentibus”, “mens sana”, “abhorrent”, “dubitant”, – In aliud tempus id argumentum opinor… Sed tamen per . . . → Lege plus: Dum stupet curatores!

Lune Moth

Prima dies sanies est pulchra et species de rara Eurus turpis et Mexico: Lerina corporatum (Erebidae: Arctiinae). Sicut alia multa praeclare die volans species coloris est, et satis probabile est aposematic. Post omnes,, planta et eruca fortitudo est aeque Suspendisse milkweed (infra).

Lerina corporatum (Erebidae: Arctiinae)

 

This . . . → Lege plus: Lune Moth

Lune Moth

Ego cum ista series et pila conantur plus iusto volvens. Et de singulis hebdomadis ingens dolor collectis quatenus hic novae Academiae Scientiarum ad California. Hoc mihi edem… Saltem pauci centum annos,.

Grammia . . . → Lege plus: Lune Moth

Arizona followup

Map/% updated June 20, 6post meridiem.

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 . . . → Lege plus: Arizona followup

Lune Moth

Whoops, it’s almost Tuesday! Above is Schinia ligeae (Noctuinae) 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. . . . → Lege plus: Lune Moth

Mission Lorem Butterfly

 

Masculus – Marin promunturia

Quasi tot animalium aliud urbana, Missionis Lorem Butterfly (Plebejus icarioides missionensis) Graviter in discrimen adducta est, quae est. Et hoc parum hyacintho vitam in parva fragmenta habitat iuxta progressum in multi-million pupa, et San Francisco circa Bay. A century ago this butterfly . . . → Lege plus: Mission Lorem Butterfly

Dominica Moth

 

Everyone is familiar with the famous death’s head hawkmoth, sed turpe puto esse, quod tam triste ingenium divulgavit. Superius multo laetius est Arctiinae Neotropicae e Guiana Gallico quae similis vultum Corydon ludit.. Triste hoc non est mea photographica, sed . . . → Lege plus: Dominica Moth

Minutissimi tinea

Familia Nepticulidae quosdam de minima notum tinea, 3-8mm alae usque ad alae alterius summitatem vndique a tip-. Enim est mens et a simili quod supra duas tineas: amnicarum maxima – At hercules Coscinocera quod tips in statera paene 9 inches, et de minima (sic ut minutula festucam . . . → Lege plus: Minutissimi tinea