Av Chris Grinter, on October 4th, 2011% A few months ago a magnificent key to the Lepidoptera of Canada (all of them) was published by Jason Dombroskie – a PhD student from the U. of Alberta. The program is available for windows users only so I haven’t had a good chance to explore it yet – but the PDF is available online . . . → Läs mer: Nyckeln till Lepidoptera i Kanada
Av Chris Grinter, den 3 oktober, 2011% Gnophaela vermiculata par
Denna måndag mal är en Arctiinae, Gnophaela vermiculata. Dessa vackra dagen flygande nattfjärilar var riklig på gula Helianthus blommor runt 9000′ i Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico. Larver foder på blåklockor, men de vuxna föredrar högsta kvalitet nektar källa i området – which fortunately makes . . . → Läs mer: Måndag mal
Av Chris Grinter, on September 19th, 2011% Konvertera nigrorufa (Megalopygidae)
Den här måndagen är en fantastisk hona av de neotropiska Megalopygidae – Konvertera nigrorufa. Ed Ross och Ev Schlinger samlade detta prov i Peru år 1955, och jag har hört många historier om dessa episka expeditioner. Jag kan inte riktigt föreställa mig att resa med lastfartyg, being gone for six or more . . . → Läs mer: Måndag mal
Av Chris Grinter, on September 12th, 2011% Hoppsan, I skipped last monday’s moth, so here are two! These are some stunners from the CAS Philippines expedition and I think I have figured out their names. If you know better, please correct me.
Parasa darma (Limacodidae)
Parotis marginata (Crambidae)
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Av Chris Grinter, on August 29th, 2011% Schinia villosa
This Monday’s moth is a duo of Schinia villosa (Noctuidae) resting on what I am assuming is their host plant (Erigeron sp.). I snapped this shot around 9,000 feet up on the Kaibab plateau in Northern Arizona last month. A fire must have burned the area a few years ago . . . → Läs mer: Måndag mal
Av Chris Grinter, on August 22nd, 2011% Last week Jim Hayden guessed the moth I posted was an Australian Oecophoridae. It was a good guess because there are so many large and stunning moths in this family from Australia. One of the best has to be this one, Wingia lambertella (Oecophoridae), captured on Black Mountain in Canberra October 23, 1955 (CAS collections). . . . → Läs mer: Måndag mal
Av Chris Grinter, on August 15th, 2011% ANSWER: This wasn’t easy – but this large and beautiful moth was from Australia and is in the family Xyloryctidae (Philarista sp.). We have a handful of representatives of this group here in the US and Ted MacRae over on Beetles in the Bush has a few great photographs of them. Somehow I think we . . . → Läs mer: Måndag mal
Av Chris Grinter, on August 11th, 2011% Here is another wonderful video from Warren! I am guessing this is a Choreutidae because of the way the wings are held while dancing – although it’s too fast to really get a clear look. Given that it’s from a fauna I’m totally unfamiliar with I could easily be wrong – so please correct me . . . → Läs mer: Dansande mal
Av Chris Grinter, den 8 augusti, 2011%
Veckans moth är en video av en dansande mikro från Filippinerna (tagen av Warren Laurde). Som du kanske misstänker är detta en parningsskärm som slutar i en ganska spektakulär huvudställning. Det finns massor av andra mikroleps som dansar eller visar beteende, men det finns nästan inga andra videor online . . . → Läs mer: Måndag mal
Av Chris Grinter, on August 1st, 2011% Chiricahua multidentata (Mätare)
This Monday’s moth is a spectacular species from the mountains of Arizona – Chiricahua multidentata, a Geometrid. The only known location for this species is at the very top of the Chiricahua mountains above 9,000 fot (which was just bruned to a crisp). Hopefully the fire was not . . . → Läs mer: Måndag mal
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