Papiyon nan semèn nan

Mwen te yon ti jan neglijan nan afiche defi regilye, se konsa mwen pral eseye ranmase mach la. Ki moun ki ka fè m 'konnen anyen sou sa a papiyon? Pi plis nan w ap vin se ke li se nan mwatye Lwès la nan peyi Etazini an. Kredi pou fanmi, genus oswa espès ak kredi ridikil pou subspecies ak ki kote li se . . . → Li piplis: Papiyon nan semèn nan

Moth tasting in Napa

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 . . . → Li piplis: Moth tasting in Napa

Jeni nan laprès la, v. IV

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?

I may drive too much

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 . . . → Li piplis: I may drive too much

Pati Aquamoth 3

A continuation of the aquamoth series, this time with video from Science Friday! Wi, I have to link it because wordpress won’t embedThanks Ted, figured it out!

Rivyè nan lò

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 . . . → Li piplis: Rivyè nan lò

Pati Aquamoth 2

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 . . . → Li piplis: Pati Aquamoth 2

Repons nan Jeni laprès semèn pase a

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).

. . . → Li piplis: Repons nan Jeni laprès semèn pase a

Aquamoth!

Another amazing animal from Hawaiia 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 (lide ou, we are talking only about the larval stage). If their stream dries up, so does the caterpillar. . . . → Li piplis: Aquamoth!

California Spring

Spring te vini nan nò Kalifòni ak papiyon yo sou zèl a. Mwen te pran yon vwayaj rapid jiska pye mòn yo Sierra pandan fen semèn nan ak hiked moute pant yo apik pi wo a larivyè Lefrat la Ameriken. Pi wo pase se foto Xanthothrix ranunculi f. albipuncta (Slide: Stiriinae). Li k ap pase yo dwe chita sou yon bèl California . . . → Li piplis: California Spring