Na Chris Grinter, juu ya Agosti 1, 2011% Chiricahua multidentate (Geometridae)
Nondo Hii Jumatatu ni aina ya kuvutia kutoka milima ya Arizona – Chiricahua multidentate, Geometrid. eneo inajulikana tu kwa aina hii ni saa ya juu sana ya milima Chiricahua juu 9,000 miguu (ambayo mara tu bruned kwa crisp). Natumai moto haukuwa . . . → Soma Zaidi: Jumatatu nondo
Na Chris Grinter, tarehe 18 Julai, 2011% Nitaweka mpira ukiendelea na Arctiinae na kutuma picha leo ya Ctenucha brunnea. Nondo hii inaweza kuwa ya kawaida katika nyasi ndefu kando ya fuo kutoka San Francisco hadi LA – ingawa katika miongo ya hivi karibuni idadi ya nondo hii imekuwa ikipungua kutokana na uharibifu wa makazi na uvamizi wa nyasi za pwani. (Ammophila arenaria). Lakini . . . → Soma Zaidi: Jumatatu nondo
Na 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 . . . → Soma Zaidi: Curators alishangaa!
Na Chris Grinter, juu ya Julai 11, 2011% Leo nondo ni nzuri na adimu kutoka SE Arizona na Mexico: Lerina ilivyo (Erebidae: Artiinae). Kama wengine wengi aina siku kuruka ni brilliantly rangi na uwezekano kabisa aposematic. Baada ya yote, kupanda jeshi ni milkweed na caterpillar ni tu kama stunning (chini).
Lerina ilivyo (Erebidae: Artiinae)
Hii . . . → Soma Zaidi: Jumatatu nondo
Na Chris Grinter, tarehe 20 Juni, 2011% Nitaweka mpira ukiendelea na mfululizo huu na kujaribu kuufanya kuwa wa kawaida zaidi. Pia nitazingatia kuangazia spishi mpya kila wiki kutoka kwa mkusanyiko mkubwa hapa katika Chuo cha Sayansi cha California. Hii inapaswa kunipa nyenzo za kutosha… angalau miaka mia chache.
Grammia . . . → Soma Zaidi: Jumatatu nondo
Na 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 . . . → Soma Zaidi: Ufuatiliaji wa Arizona
Na 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. . . . → Soma Zaidi: Jumatatu nondo
Na Chris Grinter, juu ya Mei 2, 2011%
Kiume – Marin headlands
Kama wanyama wengine wengi mijini, Mission Blue Butterfly (Plebejus icarioides missionensis) ni moja kwamba ni vikubwa hatarisha. Hii ndogo ya maisha ya bluu katika vipande vidogo ya makazi sambamba milioni mbalimbali ya maendeleo ya dola na kuzunguka San Francisco Bay. Karne moja iliyopita kipepeo huyu . . . → Soma Zaidi: Mission Blue Butterfly
Na Chris Grinter, tarehe 24 Aprili, 2011%
Kila mtu anafahamu kichwa cha hawkmoth maarufu cha kifo, lakini nadhani ni aibu tumeeneza tabia mbaya kama hii. Hapo juu ni Neotropical Arctiinae mwenye furaha zaidi kutoka French Guiana ambaye anaonekana kama anacheza sura ya mcheshi.. Cha kusikitisha ni kwamba hii sio picha yangu, lakini . . . → Soma Zaidi: Jumapili Moth
Na Chris Grinter, juu ya Machi 1, 2011%
familia Nepticulidae kushikilia baadhi ya nondo ndogo inayojulikana, kuanzia 3-8mm mrengo-ncha kwa mrengo-ncha. Kwa kulinganisha mimi Sura nondo mbili juu: kubwa inayojulikana – Coscinocera hercules that tips the scales at nearly 9 inchi, na moja ya ndogo (yes that tiny little speck . . . → Soma Zaidi: tiniest ya nondo
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