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 . . . → Lees meer: Butterfly of the week
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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, Speedy Heliolonche, that apparently is waiting for more contiguous nice weather to emerge. This season has been a bit tardy because of all of . . . → Lees meer: Moth tasting in Napa Deel dit!Een andere aflevering van de Genius van de Pers, en misschien een beetje een softbal. (Yikes deze zijn makkelijk te vinden) Wie kan mij vertellen wat is er mis met dit artikel? Deel dit! 4 commentaar - (Reacties zijn gesloten)  Entomologie  Bad Science, Wedstrijd, Entomologie, Lepidoptera, 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 . . . → Lees meer: I may drive too much Deel dit! 5 commentaar - (Reacties zijn gesloten) Entomologie Verzamelen, Entomologie, Gevaren van het verzamelen, Lepidoptera, Motten, Nieuwe soorten A continuation of the aquamoth series, this time with video from Science Friday! Ja, I have to link it because wordpress won’t embed… Thanks Ted, figured it out! Deel dit! 2 commentaar - (Reacties zijn gesloten) Entomologie Verzamelen, Entomologie, Lepidoptera, Motten, Soorten 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 . . . → Lees meer: Rivers of Gold Deel dit!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 . . . → Lees meer: Aquamoth part 2 Deel dit!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).
. . . → Lees meer: Antwoord op de Genius of the Press van vorige week Deel dit!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. . . . → Lees meer: Aquamot! Deel dit!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 . . . → Lees meer: Californië Lente Deel dit! |
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