Ja sam bio malo nemarna po objavljivati redovite izazovima, pa ću pokušati podići tempo. Tko mi može reći nešto o ovom leptir? Najviše što dobivate je da je iz zapadne polovice SAD. Kredit za obitelj, genus or species and ridiculous credit for subspecies and where it is . . . → Opširnije: Butterfly tjedna
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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 . . . → Opširnije: Moth tasting in Napa Podijelite ovu!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? Podijelite ovu! 4 Komentari - (Komentari su zatvoreni)  Entomologija  Loša znanost, Borba, Entomologija, Leptiri, Medij Oblaci izbio popodne u San Franciscu, a sunce počelo sjati. Nadolazeće toplo vrijeme inducirana je sve previše poznati osjećaj, onaj koji sam trebao biti izvan prikupljanja kukaca i ne sjedi u zatvorenom prostoru! Iako sam već bio na nekoliko mjesta ovog proljeća, I have a long season of collecting . . . → Opširnije: Ja mogu voziti previše Podijelite ovu! 5 Komentari - (Komentari su zatvoreni) Entomologija Prikupljanje, Entomologija, Opasnosti od Prikupljanje, Leptiri, Moljci, Nove vrste A continuation of the aquamoth series, this time with video from Science Friday! Da, I have to link it because wordpress won’t embed… Hvala Ted, figured it out! Podijelite ovu! 2 Komentari - (Komentari su zatvoreni) Entomologija Prikupljanje, Entomologija, Leptiri, Moljci, Vrsta 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 . . . → Opširnije: Rivers of Gold Podijelite ovu!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 . . . → Opširnije: Aquamoth part 2 Podijelite ovu!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).
. . . → Opširnije: Answer to last week’s Genius of the Press Podijelite ovu!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 (imajte na umu, we are talking only about the larval stage). If their stream dries up, so does the caterpillar. . . . → Opširnije: Aquamoth! Podijelite ovu!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 (sovice: Stiriinae). It happens to be sitting on a beautiful california . . . → Opširnije: California Spring Podijelite ovu! |
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