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 . . . → Per saperne di più: Farfalla della settimana
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E 'stata oggi una bella giornata nella zona della baia, così ho guidato fino a Napa Valley e il Papa. Ero scouting qualche nuovo territorio per un piccolo fiore falena, Heliolonche Celeris, che a quanto pare è in attesa da più tempo è bello contigua di emergere. This season has been a bit tardy because of all of . . . → Per saperne di più: Degustazione Moth in Napa Condividi questo!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? Condividi questo! 4 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi)  Entomologia  Bad Science, Concorso, Entomologia, Lepidotteri, Media 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 . . . → Per saperne di più: Posso guidare troppo Condividi questo! 5 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi) Entomologia Raccolta, Entomologia, Rischi di raccolta, Lepidotteri, falene, Nuova Specie A continuation of the aquamoth series, this time with video from Science Friday! Sì, I have to link it because wordpress won’t embed… Grazie Ted, figured it out! Condividi questo! 2 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi) Entomologia Raccolta, Entomologia, Lepidotteri, falene, Specie 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 . . . → Per saperne di più: Rivers of Gold Condividi questo!Mi sono imbattuto il full-text PDF dell'articolo falena anfibia e estratto l'albero che mostra la radiazione di questo gruppo di specie e probabile evoluzione delle caratteristiche anfibie. Interessante notare la forma del caso, e ogni falena è endemica al proprio vulcano dell'arcipelago hawaiano. This is a Bayesian analysis of . . . → Per saperne di più: Parte Aquamoth 2 Condividi questo!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).
. . . → Per saperne di più: Answer to last week’s Genius of the Press Condividi questo!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. . . . → Per saperne di più: Aquamoth! Condividi questo!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 . . . → Per saperne di più: California Spring Condividi questo! |
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