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 . . . → Loe edasi: Nädala liblikas
 5 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud)  Entomoloogia  Liblikad, Võistlus, Entomoloogia, 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, Speedy Heliolonche, that apparently is waiting for more contiguous nice weather to emerge. This season has been a bit tardy because of all of . . . → Loe edasi: Moth tasting in Napa Jagage seda! 11 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Kollektsioneerimine, Entomoloogia, Lepidoptera, Koid 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? Jagage seda! 4 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Bad Teadus, Võistlus, Entomoloogia, Lepidoptera, Andmekandja 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 . . . → Loe edasi: I may drive too much Jagage seda! 5 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Kollektsioneerimine, Entomoloogia, Ohtude kogumise, Lepidoptera, Koid, Uued liigid A continuation of the aquamoth series, this time with video from Science Friday! Jah, I have to link it because wordpress won’t embed… Thanks Ted, figured it out! Jagage seda! 2 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Kollektsioneerimine, Entomoloogia, Lepidoptera, Koid, Liigid A few images from my weekend mothing trip down to Shell Creek, San Luis Obispo County. Early spring along the central coast is stunning, and the back roads were packed with flower watchers. There were dozens of cars occupied by families out for a weekend drive, many had packed lunches and sat to watch the . . . → Loe edasi: Rivers of Gold Jagage seda!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 . . . → Loe edasi: Aquamoth part 2 Jagage seda!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).
. . . → Loe edasi: Vastus eelmise nädala ajakirjanduse geeniusele Jagage seda! Üks kommentaar - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Võistlus, Entomoloogia, Lepidoptera, Andmekandja 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. . . . → Loe edasi: Aquamoth! Jagage seda!Kevad on jõudnud Põhja-Californiasse ja koid on tiival. Tegin nädalavahetusel kiire reisi üles Sierra jalamile ja matkasin Ameerika jõe kohal asuvatel järskudel nõlvadel üles. Above is pictured Xanthothrix ranunculi f. albipuncta (Noctuidae: Stiriinae). It happens to be sitting on a beautiful california . . . → Loe edasi: California kevad Jagage seda! |
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