Astelehena sits

I’ll keep the ball rolling with Arctiinae and post a photo today of Ctenucha brunnea. This moth can be common in tall grasses along beaches from San Francisco to LAalthough in recent decades the numbers of this moth have been declining with habitat destruction and the invasion of beach grass (Ammophila arenaria). Baina . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Astelehena sits

Astelehena sits

Gaurko sits SE Arizona eta Mexiko espezie eder eta arraroa da: Lerina jasotako (Erebidae: Arctiinae). Like many other day flying species it is brilliantly colored and quite likely aposematic. After all, ostalari landare milkweed bat da, eta beldarra da bezain harrigarri (azpitik).

Lerina jasotako (Erebidae: Arctiinae)

 

This . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Astelehena sits

New guztiak, Erasoa Moths!

Hiri kondairak nagusitasun, gure aurpegiak sartu intsektuak lo bitartean arakatzeko inplikatzen da dirudienez. The most famous myth is something along the lines of “jan 8 armiarmak urtean, berriz, lo“. Actually when you google that the number ranges from 4 8… gehienez . . . → Gehiago irakurri: New guztiak, Erasoa Moths!

Astelehena sits

Baloia serie honekin errodadura mantentzeko eta erregular gehiago egiten saiatu naiz. I will also focus on highlighting a new species each week from the massive collections here at the California Academy of Sciences. This should give me enough material for… gutxienez, batzuk ehun urte.

Grammia . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Astelehena sits

Arizona followup

Map/% updated June 20, 6etan.

Updates to the maps and containment percentages have been made to my earlier post. Here is a map of the 4th fire burning in SE Arizona, the Monument fire. This one is only 10% 17% 15% 27% contained and is burning in the southern end of the Huachuca Mountains . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Arizona followup

Astelehena sits

Whoops, it’s almost Tuesday! Above is Schinia ligeae (Noctuidae) resting on its host plant Xylorhiza tortifolia, the Mojave Aster. I photographed this about three weeks ago outside the town of Big Pine, California. The asters were thick in the valleys below the snow capped Sierra, and the moths were abundant. . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Astelehena sits

Prentsaren jenioa XVIII

 

Who can tell me what’s wrong below? Not only is it the obvious photo problem, but the author of the article takes some logical leaps to support his premise. Who can tell me what his logical fallacies are? I won’t link to the entire article quite yet because a well known Lepidopterist has already . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Prentsaren jenioa XVIII

Igandeko Sitsa

 

Everyone is familiar with the famous death’s head hawkmoth, baina uste dut pena bat dela halako pertsonaia latz bat popularizatu izana. Goian Guyana Frantseseko Neotropical Arctiinae askoz alaiagoa dago, pailazo aurpegia daramala dirudiena. Zoritxarrez, hau ez da nire argazkia, baina . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Igandeko Sitsa

Blue Oak Ranch Erreserba

Duela aste batzuk, a Berkeley entomologia class egindako batzeko eremuan astebururako gonbidatu ninduten. Our destination was the Blue Oak Ranch Reserve; Kaliforniako Unibertsitateko sistemari erreserbak berriena besterik San Jose kanpo dago Hamilton mendiaren on bat (Beheko mapa). It was a . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Blue Oak Ranch Erreserba

Genius of the Press XVII

Normalean, aldizka nahikoa etorkizuneko serie backlog bat gorde dudala izugarria entomologia artikulu topatu nuen. Honek ez du azken asteetan zehar hala izan, Ez dut terrible media crud sorta normal topo. Agian lortu dut besterik jaded eta gelditzeko arretaz begira – but this week I even came . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Genius of the Press XVII