Kupu-kupu dalam seminggu

Saya agak lalai memposting tantangan reguler, jadi saya akan mencoba untuk mengambil langkah. Siapa yang bisa memberi tahu saya tentang kupu-kupu ini? Yang paling Anda dapatkan adalah dari bagian barat AS. Kredit untuk keluarga, genus or species and ridiculous credit for subspecies and where it is . . . → Baca selengkapnya: Kupu-kupu dalam seminggu

Mencicipi ngengat di 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 . . . → Baca selengkapnya: Mencicipi ngengat di Napa

Genius Pers, v. IV

Angsuran lain dari Genius of the Press, dan mungkin sedikit softball. (Astaga ini mudah ditemukan) Who can tell me whats wrong with this article?

Saya dapat mendorong terlalu banyak

Awan pecah sore ini di San Francisco dan matahari mulai bersinar. Cuaca hangat akan datang disebabkan perasaan terlalu akrab, salah satu yang saya harus keluar mengumpulkan serangga, bukan duduk di dalam ruangan! Sementara saya sudah pernah ke beberapa tempat musim semi ini, Saya memiliki musim yang panjang pengumpulan . . . → Baca selengkapnya: Saya dapat mendorong terlalu banyak

Bagian ngengat air 3

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

Sungai Emas

Beberapa gambar dari perjalanan ibu akhir pekan saya ke Shell Creek, Kabupaten San Luis Obispo. Awal musim semi di sepanjang pantai tengah sangat menakjubkan, dan jalan belakang dipenuhi oleh para pengamat bunga. Ada puluhan mobil yang ditempati oleh keluarga yang keluar untuk perjalanan akhir pekan, banyak yang mengemas makan siang dan duduk untuk menonton . . . → Baca selengkapnya: Sungai Emas

Bagian ngengat air 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 . . . → Baca selengkapnya: Bagian ngengat air 2

Answer to last week’s Genius of the Press

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).

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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 (mind you, we are talking only about the larval stage). If their stream dries up, so does the caterpillar. . . . → Baca selengkapnya: Aquamoth!

California Spring

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 . . . → Baca selengkapnya: California Spring