Mid-semèn Mistè

Pandan m 'travay sou yon sibstansyèl post plis, ou ka non sa a papiyon – ak plant la yo ta dwe trè fasil twò. Siplemantè bonis si ou ka devine konte a (leta a pa pral twò enpresyonan) nan ki mwen te pran foto sa a. Sa a te pre-DSLR, men fin vye granmoun bat m 'yo moute canon pwen-ak-tire t' jere yo ka resevwa . . . → Li piplis: Mid-semèn Mistè

Monarch Foli

Pou lektè regilye nan blog mwen an ou ta ka deja konnen pozisyon mwen sou monak la, men kenbe yo tou isit la si ou ta renmen. Yè mwen te vini atravè atik sa a nan fwa yo LA – konsènan koloni yo ivèrnaj nan monak nan Pasifik Grove, CA. soti isit la, nan lwès divize kontinantal la, gen byen yon . . . → Li piplis: Monarch Foli

Genius nan laprès XI la

Sa a jeni nan laprès la se siplemantè espesyal, pa pou difikilte li, men pou èkse li yo. Mwen te jwenn istwa a menm te pote sou de sous separe, ak imaj diferan – ak tou de egalman kòrèk! Mwen ka imajine ke li pa pral pran tan pou yon moun pwen egzakteman sa ki mal ak istwa sa yo (allusion, la . . . → Li piplis: Genius nan laprès XI la

Genius of the Press X

This one is just too easy. The billboard is on I-35 south of Burleson, Texas.

I don’t know the true provenance of this image, but it came my way from Omar Bocanegra via Mike Quinn on the Texas Lepidoptera list-serv.

Papiyon pònografi

Here is a hill-topping male Papilio zeliacon, oswa Anis swallowtail. Papiyon sa a gaye toupatou nan eta Pasifik lwès yo e li pwobableman pi komen pase sa li te ye. Apre entwodiksyon de fenouy (Fenouy komen), ak chape ki vin apre soti nan ortikol, Anis swallowtail la te pran kòm yon papiyon Kalifòni komen. Perhaps before this . . . → Li piplis: Papiyon pònografi

This time, with a moth

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 . . . → Li piplis: This time, with a moth

The only bar in town

In eastern Lassen county, on the vast high juniper hills of the California-Nevada border, there are herds ofwildhorses, 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 . . . → Li piplis: The only bar in town

On the road again

Over the next week and a half I’ll be driving up to Washington state for the annual LepidopteristsSociety meeting. It is located in the tourist-trap town of Leavenworth, which is aBavarian themeddiorama of postcard and clog shops. While I can never quite understand the appeal of themed towns, it is something . . . → Li piplis: On the road again

Genius of the Press VIII

Welcome to volume eight of the inconsistently reoccurring series, Jeni nan laprès la. 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). . . . → Li piplis: Genius of the Press VIII

The Moth and Me #12

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 . . . → Li piplis: The Moth and Me #12