Sem bil malo brezbrižno na objavo rednega izzivi, tako da bom poskušal ujeti ritem. Kdo mi lahko poveste kaj o tem metulja? Najbolj ste dobili, je, da je iz zahodne polovice ZDA. Credit za družino, Rod ali vrsta in smešno kredit za podvrsto in, kadar je to . . . → Preberite več: Butterfly tedna
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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, Heliolonche celeris, that apparently is waiting for more contiguous nice weather to emerge. This season has been a bit tardy because of all of . . . → Preberite več: Moth tasting in Napa Skupna raba tega!Še en del Genius of Press, in morda malo softball. (Joj, te je enostavno najti) Kdo mi lahko pove, kaj je narobe s tem člankom? Skupna raba tega! 4 Komentarji - (Komentarji so zaprti)  Entomologija  Slaba znanost, Tekmovanje, Entomologija, Lepidoptera, Mediji 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 . . . → Preberite več: I may drive too much Skupna raba tega! 5 Komentarji - (Komentarji so zaprti) Entomologija Zbiranje, Entomologija, Nevarnosti Zbiranje, Lepidoptera, Molji, Nove vrste A continuation of the aquamoth series, this time with video from Science Friday! Da, I have to link it because wordpress won’t embed… Thanks Ted, figured it out! Skupna raba tega! 2 Komentarji - (Komentarji so zaprti) Entomologija Zbiranje, Entomologija, Lepidoptera, Molji, Vrste Nekaj slik z mojega vikenda mothing potovanja v Shell Creek, Okrožje San Luis Obispo. Zgodnja pomlad ob osrednji obali je osupljiva, in zadnje ceste so bile polne opazovalcev cvetja. Na desetine avtomobilov, ki so jih zasedle družine, je bilo za vožnjo ob koncu tedna, many had packed lunches and sat to watch the . . . → Preberite več: Zlate reke Skupna raba tega!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 . . . → Preberite več: Aquamoth del 2 Skupna raba tega!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).
. . . → Preberite več: Answer to last week’s Genius of the Press Skupna raba tega!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. . . . → Preberite več: Aquamoth! Skupna raba tega!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 . . . → Preberite več: California Spring Skupna raba tega! |
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