Butterfly v týždni

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 . . . → Čítajte viac: Butterfly v týždni

Moth vín v Napa

Bol to krásny deň, dnes v Bay Area, tak som zamieril do Napa a údolia pápeža. Bol som skauting nejaké nové územia pre malú kvetinovú mora, Heliolonche speedy, ktorý zrejme čaká ďalší súvislé pekného počasia sa objaviť. Táto sezóna bola trochu zdĺhavý, pretože všetky . . . → Čítajte viac: Moth vín v Napa

Genius z tlače, 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?

Aj môžu riadiť príliš veľa

Mraky zlomil dnes popoludní v San Franciscu a slnko začalo svietiť. Nadchádzajúce teplé počasie vyvolal príliš známy pocit, ten, ktorý by som mal byť vonku zbieranie hmyzu, a nie sedieť doma! Aj keď som už bol na niekoľkých málo miestach tento rok na jar, Mám dlhú sezónu zberu . . . → Čítajte viac: Aj môžu riadiť príliš veľa

Aquamoth časť 3

Pokračovanie aquamoth série, tentoraz s videom z vedná piatkovej! Áno, Musím prepojiť, pretože WordPress nebude vložiť… Vďaka Ted, na to prišiel!

Rivers of Gold

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 . . . → Čítajte viac: Rivers of Gold

Aquamoth časť 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 . . . → Čítajte viac: Aquamoth časť 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).

. . . → Čítajte viac: Answer to last week’s Genius of the Press

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. . . . → Čítajte viac: Aquamoth!

Kalifornská jar

Jar prišlo do severnej Kalifornie a mory sú na krídle. Vzal som rýchly výlet až do podhoria Sierra cez víkend a navýšili strmých svahoch nad riekou americké. Hore je zobrazený Xanthothrix ranunculi f. albipuncta (Noctuidae: Stiriinae). Stáva sa to preto, že leží na krásnej california . . . → Čítajte viac: Kalifornská jar