Jeg har været lidt efterladende ved udstationering regelmæssige udfordringer, så jeg vil prøve at tempoet op. Hvem kan fortælle mig noget om denne sommerfugl? Den mest du får, er, at det er fra den vestlige halvdel af den amerikanske. Kredit til familie, slægt eller art og latterligt kredit for underarter, og hvor det er . . . → Læs mere: Butterfly af ugen
 5 kommentarer - (Kommentarer er lukket)  Entomologi  Sommerfugle, Konkurrence, Entomologi, Lepidoptera It was a beautiful day today in the bay area, so I headed up to Napa and the Pope Valley. I was scouting some new territory for a small flower moth, Heliolonche celeris, that apparently is waiting for more contiguous nice weather to emerge. This season has been a bit tardy because of all of . . . → Læs mere: Moth tasting in Napa Del dette!Another installment of Genius of the Press, and perhaps a bit of a softball. (Yikes these are easy to find) Who can tell me whats wrong with this article? Del dette! 4 kommentarer - (Kommentarer er lukket) Entomologi Bad Science, Konkurrence, Entomologi, Lepidoptera, Medier 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 . . . → Læs mere: I may drive too much Del dette! 5 kommentarer - (Kommentarer er lukket) Entomologi Indsamling, Entomologi, Risici ved Indsamling, Lepidoptera, Møl, Nye arter A continuation of the aquamoth series, this time with video from Science Friday! Ja, I have to link it because wordpress won’t embed… Tak Ted, figured it out! Del dette!Et par billeder fra min weekendtur ned til Shell Creek, San Luis Obispo County. Det tidlige forår langs den centrale kyst er fantastisk, og bagvejene var fyldt med blomsterkiggere. Der var snesevis af biler optaget af familier ude på en weekendtur, many had packed lunches and sat to watch the . . . → Læs mere: Floder af guld Del dette!Jeg stødte på fuldtekst-PDFen af artiklen om amfibisk møl og udtog træet, der viser strålingen fra denne artsgruppe og den sandsynlige udvikling af de amfibiske egenskaber. Interessant at bemærke sagens form, og hver møl er endemisk for sin egen vulkan i Hawaii-øgruppen. This is a Bayesian analysis of . . . → Læs mere: Aquamoth del 2 Del dette!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).
. . . → Læs mere: Answer to last week’s Genius of the Press Del dette!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. . . . → Læs mere: Aquamoth! Del dette!Spring has come to northern California and moths are on the wing. I took a quick trip up to the Sierra foothills over the weekend and hiked up the steep slopes above the American River. Above is pictured Xanthothrix ranunculi f. albipuncta (Ugler: Stiriinae). It happens to be sitting on a beautiful california . . . → Læs mere: Californiens forår Del dette! |
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