While I work on a more substantial post, you can name this butterfly – and the plant should be pretty easy too. Extra bonus if you can guess the county (state won’t be too impressive) in which I took this photo. This was pre-DSLR, but my old beat up canon point-and-shoot did manage to get . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Mid-week Mystery
 8 iruzkinak - (Iruzkinak itxita daude)  Entomología  Tximeletak, Lehiaketa, Entomología, Lepidoptera, Plants For regular readers of my blog you might already know my stance on the monarch, but catch up here if you’d like to. Yesterday I came across this article in the LA times – regarding the overwintering colonies of monarchs in Pacific Grove, beraz, ezin dut esan. Out here, west of the continental divide, there are quite a . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Monarch Madness Share honetan! 4 iruzkinak - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología Tximeletak, Kontserbazio, Espezie inbaditzaileak, Lepidoptera, Erregeak This genius of the press is extra special, not for its difficulty, but for its redundancy. I found the same story carried on two separate sources, with different images – and both equally incorrect! I can imagine that it won’t take long for someone to point out exactly what’s wrong with these stories (hint, there . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Genius of the Press XI Share honetan! 2 iruzkinak - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología Entomología, Gazteaukera, Lepidoptera, Komunikabideak, Sitsak This one is just too easy. Karteldegia I-35 Burleson hegoaldean dago, Texas. Ez dakit irudi honen benetako jatorria, baina Omar Bocanegratik etorri zitzaidan Mike Quinn-en bidez Texas Lepidoptera list-serv-en. Share honetan! 6 iruzkinak - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología Tximeletak, Biltzen, Gazteaukera, Lepidoptera, Komunikabideak Here is a hill-topping male Papilio zeliacon, edo Anise enara-buztana. Tximeleta hau Ozeano Bareko mendebaldeko estatuetan oso hedatuta dago eta ziurrenik lehen zena baino askoz ere ohikoagoa da. Mihilua sartu ondoren (Foeniculum vulgare), eta gero lorategitik ihes egitea, anis enara-buztanak Kaliforniako tximeleta arrunt gisa hartu zuen. Perhaps before this . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Tximeleta Pornografia Share honetan! 5 iruzkinak - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología Tximeletak, Kontserbazio, Entomología, Desagertutako Espezieak, Lepidoptera Here are a few more images from my recent northern road trip, this time from western Idaho. Right outside the town of New Meadows were fields of flowers thick with life. It was some of the best day collecting I’ve done in years, and fellow road tripper Peter Jump and I discovered this . . . → Gehiago irakurri: This time, with a moth Share honetan! 3 iruzkinak - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología Tximeletak, DNA, Entomología, Lepidoptera, Sitsak In eastern Lassen county, on the vast high juniper hills of the California-Nevada border, there are herds of “wild” horses, sheep and cattle. Par for the course, the only flowering plant around was horehound (Marrubium vulgare). Despite the non-native flora and (semi)mega-fauna, the insects were still at home. Being the only nectar source, the small . . . → Gehiago irakurri: The only bar in town Share honetan! 6 iruzkinak - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología Tximeletak, Kontserbazio, Entomología, Lepidoptera Over the next week and a half I’ll be driving up to Washington state for the annual Lepidopterists’ Society meeting. It is located in the tourist-trap town of Leavenworth, which is a “Bavarian themed” diorama of postcard and clog shops. While I can never quite understand the appeal of themed towns, it is something . . . → Gehiago irakurri: On the road again Share honetan!Welcome to volume eight of the inconsistently reoccurring series, Prentsaren jenioa. I came across this article recently regarding an endemic Puerto Rican butterfly. Who can tell me exactly why this report is misleading? It may be a little trickier than the standard GOP (I suggest discarding any previously associated acronyms with those letters). . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Genius of the Press VIII Share honetan! 5 iruzkinak - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología Tximeletak, Kontserbazio, Lehiaketa, Entomología, Lepidoptera, Komunikabideak
Welcome to The Moth and Me #12, and my first blog carnival. Despite blogging for a few months I have yet to take a look back and reflect on exactly how I became enamored with lepidoptera in the first place. Remembering a time or location where this happened is impossible, and like . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Sitsak eta Ni #12 Share honetan! 10 iruzkinak - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología Carnival, Entomología, Lepidoptera, Sitsak, Sitsak eta Ni |
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