I’ve been a bit remiss at posting regular challenges, so I’ll try to pick up the pace. Who can tell me anything about this butterfly? The most you’re getting is that it is from the Western half of the US. Credit for family, genus or species and ridiculous credit for subspecies and where it is . . . → Lees meer: Butterfly of the week
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Dit was 'n pragtige dag vandag in die baai area, so ek is na Napa en die Pousvallei toe. Ek was besig om 'n nuwe gebied te soek vir 'n klein blommot, Speedy Heliolonche, wat blykbaar wag vir meer aaneenlopende mooi weer om te voorskyn te kom. This season has been a bit tardy because of all of . . . → Lees meer: Mot proe in Napa Deel hierdie!Nog paaiement van Genius van die Press, en miskien 'n bietjie van 'n sagtebal. (Yikes dit is maklik om te vind) Wie kan vir my sê whats verkeerd met hierdie artikel? Deel hierdie! 4 kommentaar - (Kommentaar gesluit)  Entomologie  Slegte wetenskap, Wedstryd, Entomologie, Lepidoptera, media The clouds broke this afternoon in San Francisco and the sun began to shine. The upcoming warm weather induced an all too familiar feeling, one that I should be out collecting insects and not sitting indoors! While I have already been to a handful of places this spring, I have a long season of collecting . . . → Lees meer: Ek ry dalk te veel Deel hierdie! 5 kommentaar - (Kommentaar gesluit) Entomologie Versamel, Entomologie, Gevare van Insameling, Lepidoptera, Motte, Nuwe spesies A continuation of the aquamoth series, this time with video from Science Friday! Ja, I have to link it because wordpress won’t embed… Dankie Ted, figured it out! Deel hierdie!'N Paar foto's van my naweek mothing reis af na Shell Creek, San Luis Obispo County. Vroeg in die lente langs die sentrale kus is stunning, en die agterkant paaie was gepak met blomkykers. Daar was dekades van motors bewoon word deur families uit vir 'n naweek ry, many had packed lunches and sat to watch the . . . → Lees meer: Riviere van Goud Deel hierdie!I came across the full-text PDF of the amphibious moth article and extracted the tree showing the radiation of this species group and probable evolution of the amphibious traits. Interesting to note the case shape, and each moth is endemic to its own volcano in the Hawaiian archipelago. This is a Bayesian analysis of . . . → Lees meer: Aquamoth deel 2 Deel hierdie!For all those who abstained from voting (I want to assume some readers must have known the identity of our mystery caterpillar, but were too lazy to comment), here is the answer (after the break).
. . . → Lees meer: Answer to last week’s Genius of the Press Deel hierdie!Another amazing animal from Hawaii – a completely amphibious caterpillar (published in the March 22 PNAS). While there are a few aquatic Lepidoptera, all of them have gills that keep them restricted to the water (mind you, we are talking only about the larval stage). If their stream dries up, so does the caterpillar. . . . → Lees meer: Aquamoth! Deel hierdie!Die lente het na Noord-Kalifornië gekom en motte is op die vlerk. Ek het die naweek 'n vinnige rit tot by die Sierra-heuwels geneem en teen die steil hange bokant die Amerikaanse rivier gestap.. Hierbo is Xanthothrix ranunculi f. albipuncta (Noctuidae: Stiriinae). Dit sit toevallig op 'n pragtige Kalifornië . . . → Lees meer: Kalifornië Lente Deel hierdie! |
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