Fun un pouco neglixente ao publicar retos regulares, así que tentarei coller o ritmo. Quen me pode dicir algo desta bolboreta? O máximo que estás a conseguir é que é da metade occidental dos EUA. Crédito para a familia, genus or species and ridiculous credit for subspecies and where it is . . . → Ler máis: Bolboreta da semana
 5 comentarios - (Os comentarios están pechados)  Entomologia  Bolboretas, Competición, Entomologia, 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 . . . → Ler máis: Degustación de polillas en Napa Comparte este! 11 comentarios - (Os comentarios están pechados) Entomologia Manipulación, Entomologia, Lepidoptera, Trazas 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? Comparte este! 4 comentarios - (Os comentarios están pechados) Entomologia Ciencia malo, Competición, Entomologia, Lepidoptera, Medios 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 . . . → Ler máis: I may drive too much Comparte este! 5 comentarios - (Os comentarios están pechados) Entomologia Manipulación, Entomologia, Riscos da recadación, Lepidoptera, Trazas, Nova especie A continuation of the aquamoth series, this time with video from Science Friday! Si, I have to link it because wordpress won’t embed… Grazas Ted, figured it out! Comparte este! 2 comentarios - (Os comentarios están pechados) Entomologia Manipulación, Entomologia, Lepidoptera, Trazas, Especies Algunhas imaxes da miña viaxe de fin de semana a Shell Creek, Condado de San Luis Obispo. O inicio da primavera ao longo da costa central é impresionante, e as estradas secundarias estaban cheas de observadores de flores. Había decenas de coches ocupados por familias que saían a un paseo de fin de semana, many had packed lunches and sat to watch the . . . → Ler máis: Ríos de Ouro Comparte este! 6 comentarios - (Os comentarios están pechados) Entomologia Entomologia, Flores, Lepidoptera, Trazas 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 . . . → Ler máis: Parte de Aquamoth 2 Comparte este!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).
. . . → Ler máis: Resposta ao xenio da prensa da semana pasada Comparte este! Un comentario - (Os comentarios están pechados) Entomologia Competición, Entomologia, Lepidoptera, Medios Outro animal incrible de Hawai – a completely amphibious caterpillar (publicado en marzo 22 PNAS). Aínda que hai algúns lepidópteros acuáticos, todas teñen branquias que as manteñen restrinxidas á auga (fíxate, estamos a falar só do estadio larvario). Se o seu regueiro seca, tamén o fai a eiruga. . . . → Ler máis: Aquamoth! Comparte este!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 (Noctuidae: Stiriinae). It happens to be sitting on a beautiful california . . . → Ler máis: Primavera de California Comparte este! |
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